Alignment of Tractograms As Graph Matching

• Published in: Frontiers in neuroscience Vol. 10; p. 554
• Main Authors: Olivetti, Emanuele, Sharmin, Nusrat, Avesani, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 05.12.2016; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Algorithms; Alignment; combinatorial optimization; diffusion MRI; Graph matching; Image processing; Information processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Registration; Segmentation; Substantia alba; tractography; Italy; diffusion MRI; combinatorial optimization; tractography; alignment; graph matching

The white matter pathways of the brain can be reconstructed as 3D polylines, called streamlines, through the analysis of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) data. The whole set of streamlines is called tractogram and represents the structural connectome of the brain. In multiple applications...