A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes.
Diffusion MRI has evolved towards an important clinical diagnostic and research tool. Though clinical routine is using mainly diffusion weighted and tensor imaging approaches, Q-ball imaging and diffusion spectrum imaging techniques have become more widely available. They are frequently used in rese...
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| author | Xavier Gigandet Alessandra Griffa Tobias Kober Alessandro Daducci Guillaume Gilbert Alan Connelly Patric Hagmann Reto Meuli Jean-Philippe Thiran Gunnar Krueger |
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| description | Diffusion MRI has evolved towards an important clinical diagnostic and research tool. Though clinical routine is using mainly diffusion weighted and tensor imaging approaches, Q-ball imaging and diffusion spectrum imaging techniques have become more widely available. They are frequently used in research-oriented investigations in particular those aiming at measuring brain network connectivity. In this work, we aim at assessing the dependency of connectivity measurements on various diffusion encoding schemes in combination with appropriate data modeling. We process and compare the structural connection matrices computed from several diffusion encoding schemes, including diffusion tensor imaging, q-ball imaging and high angular resolution schemes, such as diffusion spectrum imaging with a publically available processing pipeline for data reconstruction, tracking and visualization of diffusion MR imaging. The results indicate that the high angular resolution schemes maximize the number of obtained connections when applying identical processing strategies to the different diffusion schemes. Compared to the conventional diffusion tensor imaging, the added connectivity is mainly found for pathways in the 50-100mm range, corresponding to neighboring association fibers and long-range associative, striatal and commissural fiber pathways. The analysis of the major associative fiber tracts of the brain reveals striking differences between the applied diffusion schemes. More complex data modeling techniques (beyond tensor model) are recommended 1) if the tracts of interest run through large fiber crossings such as the centrum semi-ovale, or 2) if non-dominant fiber populations, e.g. the neighboring association fibers are the subject of investigation. An important finding of the study is that since the ground truth sensitivity and specificity is not known, the comparability between results arising from different strategies in data reconstruction and/or tracking becomes implausible to understand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0fb3e1d2af242728789a5ba8b6910322022-12-22T01:03:37ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0189e7506110.1371/journal.pone.0075061A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes.Xavier GigandetAlessandra GriffaTobias KoberAlessandro DaducciGuillaume GilbertAlan ConnellyPatric HagmannReto MeuliJean-Philippe ThiranGunnar KruegerDiffusion MRI has evolved towards an important clinical diagnostic and research tool. Though clinical routine is using mainly diffusion weighted and tensor imaging approaches, Q-ball imaging and diffusion spectrum imaging techniques have become more widely available. They are frequently used in research-oriented investigations in particular those aiming at measuring brain network connectivity. In this work, we aim at assessing the dependency of connectivity measurements on various diffusion encoding schemes in combination with appropriate data modeling. We process and compare the structural connection matrices computed from several diffusion encoding schemes, including diffusion tensor imaging, q-ball imaging and high angular resolution schemes, such as diffusion spectrum imaging with a publically available processing pipeline for data reconstruction, tracking and visualization of diffusion MR imaging. The results indicate that the high angular resolution schemes maximize the number of obtained connections when applying identical processing strategies to the different diffusion schemes. Compared to the conventional diffusion tensor imaging, the added connectivity is mainly found for pathways in the 50-100mm range, corresponding to neighboring association fibers and long-range associative, striatal and commissural fiber pathways. The analysis of the major associative fiber tracts of the brain reveals striking differences between the applied diffusion schemes. More complex data modeling techniques (beyond tensor model) are recommended 1) if the tracts of interest run through large fiber crossings such as the centrum semi-ovale, or 2) if non-dominant fiber populations, e.g. the neighboring association fibers are the subject of investigation. An important finding of the study is that since the ground truth sensitivity and specificity is not known, the comparability between results arising from different strategies in data reconstruction and/or tracking becomes implausible to understand.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3779224?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Xavier Gigandet Alessandra Griffa Tobias Kober Alessandro Daducci Guillaume Gilbert Alan Connelly Patric Hagmann Reto Meuli Jean-Philippe Thiran Gunnar Krueger A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes. PLoS ONE |
| title | A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes. |
| title_full | A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes. |
| title_fullStr | A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes. |
| title_short | A connectome-based comparison of diffusion MRI schemes. |
| title_sort | connectome based comparison of diffusion mri schemes |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3779224?pdf=render |
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