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A Hough transform global probabilistic approach to multiple-subject diffusion MRI tractography
(Left) Different possible curves are tested. (Middle) The highest-score curve is selected. (Right) The process is repeated for all the seed points. [Display omitted] ► Global probabilistic tractography based on the Hough transform is introduced. ► Local minima are avoided by an exhaustive search at...
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Published in: | Medical image analysis 2011-08, Vol.15 (4), p.414-425 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | (Left) Different possible curves are tested. (Middle) The highest-score curve is selected. (Right) The process is repeated for all the seed points.
[Display omitted]
► Global probabilistic tractography based on the
Hough transform is introduced. ► Local minima are avoided by an exhaustive search at the desired resolution. ► The technique is easily extended to
multiple subjects. ► Results are presented on simulated and real 1.5T, 4T, and 7T HARDI datasets.
A global probabilistic fiber tracking approach based on the voting process provided by the
Hough transform is introduced in this work. The proposed framework tests candidate 3D curves in the volume, assigning to each one a score computed from the diffusion images, and then selects the curves with the highest scores as the potential anatomical connections. The algorithm avoids local minima by performing an exhaustive search at the desired resolution. The technique is easily extended to
multiple subjects, considering a single representative volume where the registered high-angular resolution diffusion images (HARDI) from all the subjects are non-linearly combined, thereby obtaining population-representative tracts. The tractography algorithm is run only once for the multiple subjects, and no tract alignment is necessary. We present experimental results on HARDI volumes, ranging from simulated and 1.5T physical phantoms to 7T and 4T human brain and 7T monkey brain datasets. |
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ISSN: | 1361-8415 1361-8423 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.media.2011.01.003 |