Automated tract extraction via atlas based Adaptive Clustering

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 596 - 607
• Main Authors: Tunç, Birkan, Parker, William A., Ingalhalikar, Madhura, Verma, Ragini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 15.11.2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; Automated tract extraction; Automation; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain research; Cluster Analysis; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Fiber clustering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; HARDI; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Male; Reproducibility of Results; Tract based analysis; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; White Matter - anatomy & histology; Atlas; Fiber clustering; HARDI; Tract based analysis; Automated tract extraction

Advancements in imaging protocols such as the high angular resolution diffusion-weighted imaging (HARDI) and in tractography techniques are expected to cause an increase in the tract-based analyses. Statistical analyses over white matter tracts can contribute greatly towards understanding structural...