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Gallery of New Features

Module Name

Diffusion Tensor Estimation

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General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: CLI

Category: Base or (Filtering, Registration, etc.)

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

  • Author: Raúl San José Estépar, BWH
  • Contributor: Gordon Kindlmann, University of Chicago
  • Contact Information

Module Description

This module estimates the diffusion tensor model from a Diffusion Weighted Image (DWI) Volume. The results is a tensor volume that can be used to compute different anisotropy measurements, for example Fractional Anisotropy, and perform tractography.

Usage

Examples, Use Cases & Tutorials

  • Compute DTI volume from DWI. It is the first step of any pipeline that employs DTI to assess white matter structure.

Quick Tour of Features and Use

The module takes one DWI volume and computes a DTI volume. The parameters are the following:

  • Input/Output: Defines input and output files.
    • Input DWI Volume is the input DWI volume,
    • Output DTI Volume is the DTI volume that will be estimated.
    • Output Baseline Volume is the average of the B0 images (non-diffusion weighted images) of the DWI sequence. This volume is useful to have a structural representation of the DTI volume .
    • Otsu Threshold Mask is a approximated mask of the white matter that can be used to filter out the background.
  • Estimation Parameters:
    • Least Squares: Least Squares estimation method. This is the method by default and stable [Basser, 2002].
    • Weighted Least Squares: WLS estimation method based on Salvador. This method implementation is still experimental [Salvador, 2005].
    • Non-linear: direct non-least squares fitting of the tensor model to the data without log-transformation. This method is experimental.
    • Otsu Omega Threshold Parameter: weight that controls the otsu threshold.
    • Remove Island in Tensor Mask: if active, holes in the produced mask will be removed.
    • Apply Mask to Tensor Image: Mask output DTI volume with the computed mask. Tensor outside the mask will be set to zero.

Development

Dependencies

None

Known bugs

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Usability issues

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Source code & documentation

Source code.

Links to documentation generated by doxygen.

More Information

Acknowledgement

References

  • P. J. Basser and D. K. Jones. Diffusion-tensor MRI: theory, experimental design and data analysis - a technical review. NMR Biomed, 15(7-8):456–67, 2002.
  • R. Salvador, A. Pena, D. K. Menon, T. A. Carpenter, J. D. Pickard, and E. T. Bullmore. Formal characterization and extension of the linearized diffusion tensor model. Hum Brain Mapp, 24(2):144–55, 2005.