May, 2019

Improved gray matter surface based spatial statistics in neuroimaging studies

May. 21, 2019—Prasanna Parvathaneni; Ilwoo Lyu; Yuankai Huo; Baxter P. Rogers; Kurt G. Schilling; Vishwesh Nath; Justin A Blaber; Allison E Hainline; Adam W Anderson; Neil D. Woodward; Bennett A Landman. “Improved gray matter surface based spatial statistics in neuroimaging studies.” Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 61, 285-295, 2019. Full text Abstract Neuroimaging often involves acquiring high-resolution anatomical images along with...

Fig. 1. Effects of incorrect b-vector tables. Diffusion encoded color (DEC) maps and vector maps are shown for a correct gradient table (A), a table with a flipped component (B), and one with permuted components (C). With a flipped component, the DEC map may appear correct, but unit vectors will be flipped in one plane (coronal plane in this example), and will appear correct in another (axial). For a permuted table, both the color maps and vectors will be erroneous. In both (B) and (C), directions are incorrect, and subsequent analysis and tractography will also be erroneous. DEC and vector maps are colored red, green, and blue for diffusion primarily in the right/left, anterior/posterior, and superior/inferior directions, respectively. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

A fiber coherence index for quality control of B-table orientation in diffusion MRI scans.

May. 16, 2019—Kurt G Schilling, Fang-Cheng Yeh, Vishwesh Nath, Colin Hansen, Owen Williams, Susan Resnick, Adam W. Anderson, Bennett A. Landman. “A fiber coherence index for quality control of B-table orientation in diffusion MRI scans”. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.01.018 Full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=fiber+coherence+b-table Abstract Purpose The diffusion MRI “b-vector” table describing the diffusion sensitization direction can be flipped and...