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Distortion correction of functional MRI without reverse phase encoding scans or field maps
Aug. 31, 2023—Tian Yu, Leon Y. Cai, Salvatore Torrisi, An Thanh Vu, Victoria L. Morgan, Sarah E. Goodale, Karthik Ramadass, Steven L. Meisler, Jinglei Lv, Aaron E.L. Warren, Dario J. Englot, Laurie Cutting, Catie Chang, John C. Gore, Bennett A. Landman, Kurt G. Schilling Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0730725X23001121 Code: https://github.com/MASILab/SynBOLD-DisCo Abstract Functional magnetic resonance images (fMRI) acquired using echo planar sequences...
Efficient approximate signal reconstruction for correction of gradient nonlinearities in diffusion-weighted imaging
Aug. 31, 2023—Praitayini Kanakaraj, Leon Y. Cai, Tianyuan Yao, Francois Rheault, Baxter P. Rogers, Adam Anderson, Kurt G. Schilling, Bennett A. Landman. Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 Oct Full Text Abstract In diffusion weighted MRI (DW-MRI), hardware nonlinearities lead to spatial variations in the orientation and magnitude of diffusion weighting. While the correction of these spatial distortions has...
Mapping the impact of nonlinear gradient fields with noise on diffusion MRI
Aug. 31, 2023—Praitayini Kanakaraj, Leon Y. Cai, Francois Rheault, Fang-Cheng Yeh, Baxter P. Rogers, Kurt G. Schilling, Bennett A. Landman (2023). Mapping the impact of nonlinear gradient fields with noise on diffusion MRI. Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 May Full Text Abstract In diffusion MRI, gradient nonlinearities cause spatial variations in the magnitude and direction of diffusion gradients. Studies...
Denoising of diffusion MRI in the cervical spinal cord – effects of denoising strategy and acquisition on intra-cord contrast, signal modeling, and feature conspicuity
Aug. 31, 2023—Kurt Schilling, Shreyas Fadnavis, Joshua Batson, Mereze Visagie, Anna JE Combes, Colin D Mcknight, Francesca Bagnato, Eleftherios Garyfallidis, Bennett A Landman, Seth A Smith, Kristin P O’Grady Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36543265/ Abstract Quantitative diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a promising technique for evaluating the spinal cord in health and disease. However, low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can impede interpretation and...
Anomalous and heterogeneous characteristics of the BOLD hemodynamic response function in white matter
Dec. 13, 2022—Kurt G Schilling, Muwei Li, Francois Rheault, Zhaohua Ding, Adam W Anderson, Hakmook Kang, Bennett A Landman, John C Gore. “Anomalous and heterogeneous characteristics of the BOLD hemodynamic response function in white matter”. Cerebral Cortex Communications 3 (3), tgac035 (2022). Full Text Abstract Detailed knowledge of the BOLD hemodynamic response function (HRF) is crucial for accurate...
Minimal number of sampling directions for robust measures of the spherical mean diffusion weighted signal: effects of sampling directions, b-value, signal-to-noise ratio, hardware, and fitting strategy
Dec. 13, 2022—Kurt G Schilling, Marco Palombo, Kristin P. O’Grady, Anna J.E. Combes, Adam W Anderson, Bennett A Landman, Seth A Smith. “Minimal number of sampling directions for robust measures of the spherical mean diffusion weighted signal: effects of sampling directions, b-value, signal-to-noise ratio, hardware, and fitting strategy”. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 94, 25-35 (2022). Full Text Abstract...
Fiber tractography bundle segmentation depends on scanner effects, acquisition, diffusion sensitization, and bundle segmentation workflow
Dec. 13, 2022—Kurt G Schilling, Chantal MW Tax, Francois Rheault, Colin B Hansen, Qi Yang, Fang-Cheng Yeh, Leon Y Cai, Adam W Anderson, Bennett A Landman “Fiber tractography bundle segmentation depends on scanner effects, acquisition, diffusion sensitization, and bundle segmentation workflow”. NeuroImage. 242, 118451 (2021). Full Text Abstract When investigating connectivity and microstructure of white matter pathways...
Pandora: 4-D white matter bundle population-based atlases derived from diffusion MRI fiber tractography
Dec. 13, 2022—Colin B Hansen*, Qi Yang*, Ilwoo Lyu, Francois Rheault, Cailey Kerley, Bramsh Qamar Chandio,Shreyas Fadnavis, Owen Williams, Andrea T. Shafer, Susan M. Resnick, David H. Zald, Laurie Cutting, Warren D Taylor, Brian Boyd, Eleftherios Garyfallidis, Adam W Anderson, Maxime Descoteaux, Bennett A Landman, Kurt G Schilling. “Pandora: 4-D white matter bundle population-based atlases derived from...
Deep whole brain segmentation of 7T structural MRI
Dec. 4, 2022—Karthik Ramadass, Xin Yu, Leon Y. Cai, Yucheng Tang, Shunxing Bao, Cailey Kerley, Micah D’Archangel, Laura A Barquero, Allen T. Newton, Isabel Gauthier, Rankin Williams McGugin, Benoit M. Dawant, Laurie E. Cutting, Yuankai Huo, Bennett A. Landman SPIE Medical Imaging 2023 Abstract 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to drive our understanding of...
Mapping the Impact of Approximate Gradient Nonlinearity Fields Correction on Tractography
Dec. 3, 2022—Praitayini Kanakaraj, Francois Rheault, Leon Y. Cai, Nancy Newlin, Baxter P. Rogers, Kurt G. Schilling, Bennett A. Landman. “Mapping the Impact of Approximate Gradient Nonlinearity Fields Correction on Tractography” SPIE Medical Imaging : Image Processing 2023. Accepted. Abstract Nonlinear gradients impact diffusion weighted MRI by introducing spatial variation in estimated diffusion tensors. Recent studies have...