Probabilistic tractography using Q-ball imaging and particle filtering: application to adult and in-utero fetal brain studies.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_9FF8FB8B08D1
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Probabilistic tractography using Q-ball imaging and particle filtering: application to adult and in-utero fetal brain studies.
Journal
Medical image analysis
Author(s)
Pontabry J., Rousseau F., Oubel E., Studholme C., Koob M., Dietemann J.L.
ISSN
1361-8423 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1361-8415
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
17
Number
3
Pages
297-310
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
By assuming that orientation information of brain white matter fibers can be inferred from Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) measurements, tractography algorithms provide an estimation of the brain connectivity in vivo. The two key ingredients of tractography are the diffusion model (tensor, high-order tensor, Q-ball, etc.) and the means to deal with uncertainty during the tracking process (deterministic vs probabilistic mathematical framework). In this paper, we investigate the use of an analytical Q-ball model for the diffusion data within a well-formalized particle filtering framework. The proposed method is validated and compared to other tracking algorithms on the MICCAI'09 contest Fiber Cup phantom. Tractographies of in vivo adult and fetal brain Diffusion-Weighted Images (DWIs) are also shown to illustrate the robustness of the algorithm.

Keywords
Adult, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Brain/anatomy & histology, Brain/embryology, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Diffusion Tensor Imaging/instrumentation, Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods, Female, Humans, Image Enhancement/methods, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted/methods, Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods, Male, Pattern Recognition, Automated/methods, Phantoms, Imaging, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity
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Web of science
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