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Atlas-based fiber reconstruction from diffusion tensor MRI data

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Abstract

Purpose

Develop a neural fiber reconstruction method based on diffusion tensor imaging, which is not as sensitive to user-defined regions of interest as streamline tractography.

Methods

A simulated annealing approach is employed to find a non-rigid transformation to map a fiber bundle from a fiber atlas to another fiber bundle, which minimizes a specific energy functional. The energy functional describes how well the transformed fiber bundle fits the patient’s diffusion tensor data.

Results

The feasibility of the method is demonstrated on a diffusion tensor software phantom. We analyze the behavior of the algorithm with respect to image noise and number of iterations. First results on the datasets of patients are presented.

Conclusions

The described method maps fiber bundles based on diffusion tensor data and shows high robustness to image noise. Future developments of the method should help simplify inter-subject comparisons of fiber bundles.

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  1. Fraunhofer MEVIS, Institute for Medical Image Computing, Universitätsallee 29, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Sebastiano Barbieri, Jan Klein & Horst K. Hahn

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35033, Marburg, Germany

    Miriam H. A. Bauer & Christopher Nimsky

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Barbieri, S., Klein, J., Bauer, M.H.A. et al. Atlas-based fiber reconstruction from diffusion tensor MRI data. Int J CARS 7, 959–967 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-012-0774-6

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