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The understanding of neurodegenerative diseases undoubtedly passes through the study of human brain white matter fiber tracts. To date, diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is the unique technique to obtain information about the…
In the last years in-vivo tractography has assumed an important role in neurosciences, for both research and clinical applications such as non-invasive investigation of brain connectivity and presurgical planning in neurosurgery. In more…
The thickness of the cortical band is linked to various neurological and psychiatric conditions, and is often estimated through surface-based methods such as Freesurfer in MRI studies. The DiReCT method, which calculates cortical thickness…
Diffusion kurtosis imaging is an extension of diffusion tensor imaging that provides scientifically and clinically valuable information about brain tissue microstructure but suffers from poor robustness to noise, especially in voxels…
We demonstrate a novel approach to the reconstruction of scanning probe x-ray diffraction tomography data with anisotropic poly crystalline samples. The method involves reconstructing a voxel map containing an orientation distribution…
Cortical thickness measurements from magnetic resonance imaging, an important biomarker in many neurodegenerative and neurological disorders, are derived by many tools from an initial voxel-wise tissue segmentation. White matter (WM)…
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging offers unique in vivo sensitivity to tissue microstructure in brain white matter, which undergoes significant changes during development and is compromised in virtually every neurological disorder. Yet,…
White matter tract microstructure has been shown to influence neuropsychological scores of cognitive performance. However, prediction of these scores from white matter tract data has not been attempted. In this paper, we propose a…
Standard fMRI connectivity analyses depend on aggregating the time series of individual voxels within regions of interest (ROIs). In certain cases, this spatial aggregation implies a loss of valuable functional and anatomical information…
Expansion of diffusion MRI (dMRI) both into the realm of strong gradients, and into accessible imaging with portable low-field devices, brings about the challenge of gradient nonlinearities. Spatial variations of the diffusion gradients…
White matter segmentation methods from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging range from streamline clustering-based approaches to bundle mask delineation, but none have proposed a pediatric-specific approach. We hypothesize that a deep…
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) is the only method we currently have to measure connections between different parts of the human brain in vivo. To elucidate the structure of these connections, algorithms for tracking bundles of axonal…
Whole-brain neural connectivity data are now available from viral tracing experiments, which reveal the connections between a source injection site and elsewhere in the brain. These hold the promise of revealing spatial patterns of…
Topo-Tomography (TT) is a synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction imaging technique used to characterize grain shape and crystal orientation in polycrystalline samples. This work aims to provide a decisive and fundamental understanding of 3D…
A major interest in longitudinal neuroimaging studies involves investigating voxel-level neuroplasticity due to treatment and other factors across visits. However, traditional voxel-wise methods are beset with several pitfalls, which can…
Disease in the brain is often associated with subtle, spatially diffuse, or complex tissue changes that may lie beneath the level of gross visual inspection, even on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Unfortunately, current computer-assisted…
Non-destructive extraction of the target internal part, such as batteries and motors, by cutting surrounding structures is crucial at recycling and disposal sites. However, the diversity of products and the lack of information on…
Processing of Diffusion MRI data obtained from High Angular Resolution measurements consists of a series of steps, starting with the estimation of an orientation distribution function (ODF), which is then used as input for e.g. tractography…
A novel approach is presented for group statistical analysis of diffusion weighted MRI datasets through voxelwise Orientation Distribution Functions (ODF). Recent advances in MRI acquisition make it possible to use high quality diffusion…
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) and fiber tractography are the only methods to measure the structure of the white matter in the living human brain. The diffusion signal has been modelled as the combined contribution from…