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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Time-distance vision transformers in lung cancer diagnosis from longitudinal computed tomography.

Dec. 2, 2022—Thomas Z. Li, Kaiwen Xu, Riqiang Gao, Yucheng Tang, Thomas A. Lasko, Fabien Maldonado, Kim Sandler, Bennett A. Landman. Time-distance vision transformers in lung cancer diagnosis from longitudinal computed tomography. SPIE Medical Imaging 2022. Full text: arxiv.org/abs/2209.01676 Abstract Features learned from single radiologic images are unable to provide information about whether and how much a lesion...

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Integrating the BIDS Neuroimaging Data Format and Workflow Optimization for Large-Scale Medical Image Analysis

Aug. 3, 2022—Shunxing Bao, Brian D Boyd, Praitayini Kanakaraj, Karthik Ramadass,  Francisco A. C. Meyer, Yuqian Liu, William E. Duett, Yuankai Huo, Ilwoo Lyu, David H. Zald, Seth A. Smith, Baxter P. Rogers, Bennett A. Landman. Integrating the BIDS Neuroimaging Data Format and Workflow Optimization for Large-Scale Medical Image Analysis. J Digit Imaging (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-022-00679-8 Full Text Abstract A robust medical image computing...

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The influence of regions of interest on tractography virtual dissection protocols: general principles to learn and to follow

Jul. 26, 2022—Rheault, Francois, Kurt G. Schilling, Sami Obaid, John P. Begnoche, Laurie E. Cutting, Maxime Descoteaux, Bennett A. Landman, and Laurent Petit. “The influence of regions of interest on tractography virtual dissection protocols: general principles to learn and to follow.” Brain Structure and Function (2022): 1-17. Full Text Abstract Purpose: Efficient communication across fields of research is challenging, especially...

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Workflow Integration of Research AI Tools into a Hospital Radiology Rapid Prototyping Environment

Jul. 25, 2022—Praitayini Kanakaraj, Karthik Ramadas, Shunxing Bao, Melissa Basford, Laura M. Jones, Ho Hin Lee, Kurt G. Schilling, John Jeffery Carr, James Gregory Terry, Yuankai Huo, Kim Lori Sandler, Allen T. Netwon, Bennett A. Landman “Workflow Integration of Research AI Tools into a Hospital Radiology Rapid Prototyping Environment”. Journal of Digital Imaging (2022): 1-11. Full Text...

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Tractostorm 2: Optimizing tractography dissection reproducibility with segmentation protocol dissemination

Feb. 11, 2022—Rheault, Francois, Kurt G. Schilling, Alex Valcourt-Caron, Antoine Théberge, Charles Poirier, Gabrielle Grenier, Guido I. Guberman, John Begnoche, Jon Haitz Legarreta, Leon Y. Cai, Maggie Roy, Manon Edde, Marco Perez Caceres, Mario Ocampo-Pineda, Noor Al-Sharif, Philippe Karan, Pietro Bontempi, Sami Obaid, Sara Bosticardo, Simona Schiavi, Viljami Sairanen, Alessandro Daducci, Laurie E. Cutting, Laurent Petit, Maxime...

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