scholarly journals High angular resolution diffusion imaging reveals intravoxel white matter fiber heterogeneity

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Tuch ◽  
Timothy G. Reese ◽  
Mette R. Wiegell ◽  
Nikos Makris ◽  
John W. Belliveau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Diffusion Imaging ◽  
High Angular Resolution

scholarly journals Computational Representation of White Matter Fiber Orientations

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Adelino R. Ferreira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Diffusion Imaging ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Orientation Distribution ◽  
Directional Data ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Clustering Data ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
Computational Representation

We present a new methodology based on directional data clustering to represent white matter fiber orientations in magnetic resonance analyses for high angular resolution diffusion imaging. A probabilistic methodology is proposed for estimating intravoxel principal fiber directions, based on clustering directional data arising from orientation distribution function (ODF) profiles. ODF reconstructions are used to estimate intravoxel fiber directions using mixtures of von Mises-Fisher distributions. The method focuses on clustering data on the unit sphere, where complexity arises from representing ODF profiles as directional data. The proposed method is validated on synthetic simulations, as well as on a real data experiment. Based on experiments, we show that by clustering profile data using mixtures of von Mises-Fisher distributions it is possible to estimate multiple fiber configurations in a more robust manner than currently used approaches, without recourse to regularization or sharpening procedures. The method holds promise to support robust tractographic methodologies and to build realistic models of white matter tracts in the human brain.

scholarly journals A systematic evaluation of intraoperative white matter tract shift in pediatric epilepsy surgery using high-field MRI and probabilistic high angular resolution diffusion imaging tractography

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 592-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Yuan-Mou Yang ◽  
Richard Beare ◽  
Marc L. Seal ◽  
A. Simon Harvey ◽  
Vicki A. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Brain Edema ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Diffusion Imaging ◽  
Head Rotation ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Lesion Volume ◽  
White Matter Tract ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Impact

OBJECTIVECharacterization of intraoperative white matter tract (WMT) shift has the potential to compensate for neuronavigation inaccuracies using preoperative brain imaging. This study aimed to quantify and characterize intraoperative WMT shift from the global hemispheric to the regional tract-based scale and to investigate the impact of intraoperative factors (IOFs).METHODSHigh angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) diffusion-weighted data were acquired over 5 consecutive perioperative time points (MR1 to MR5) in 16 epilepsy patients (8 male; mean age 9.8 years, range 3.8–15.8 years) using diagnostic and intraoperative 3-T MRI scanners. MR1 was the preoperative planning scan. MR2 was the first intraoperative scan acquired with the patient's head fixed in the surgical position. MR3 was the second intraoperative scan acquired following craniotomy and durotomy, prior to lesion resection. MR4 was the last intraoperative scan acquired following lesion resection, prior to wound closure. MR5 was a postoperative scan acquired at the 3-month follow-up visit. Ten association WMT/WMT segments and 1 projection WMT were generated via a probabilistic tractography algorithm from each MRI scan. Image registration was performed through pairwise MRI alignments using the skull segmentation. The MR1 and MR2 pairing represented the first surgical stage. The MR2 and MR3 pairing represented the second surgical stage. The MR3 and MR4 (or MR5) pairing represented the third surgical stage. The WMT shift was quantified by measuring displacements between a pair of WMT centerlines. Linear mixed-effects regression analyses were carried out for 6 IOFs: head rotation, craniotomy size, durotomy size, resected lesion volume, presence of brain edema, and CSF loss via ventricular penetration.RESULTSThe average WMT shift in the operative hemisphere was 2.37 mm (range 1.92–3.03 mm) during the first surgical stage, 2.19 mm (range 1.90–3.65 mm) during the second surgical stage, and 2.92 mm (range 2.19–4.32 mm) during the third surgical stage. Greater WMT shift occurred in the operative than the nonoperative hemisphere, in the WMTs adjacent to the surgical lesion rather than those remote to it, and in the superficial rather than the deep segment of the pyramidal tract. Durotomy size and resection size were significant, independent IOFs affecting WMT shift. The presence of brain edema was a marginally significant IOF. Craniotomy size, degree of head rotation, and ventricular penetration were not significant IOFs affecting WMT shift.CONCLUSIONSWMT shift occurs noticeably in tracts adjacent to the surgical lesions, and those motor tracts superficially placed in the operative hemisphere. Intraoperative probabilistic HARDI tractography following craniotomy, durotomy, and lesion resection may compensate for intraoperative WMT shift and improve neuronavigation accuracy.

scholarly journals Q -ball imaging of macaque white matter architecture

2005 ◽  
Vol 360 (1457) ◽  
pp. 869-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S Tuch ◽  
Jonathan J Wisco ◽  
Mark H Khachaturian ◽  
Leeland B Ekstrom ◽  
Rolf Kötter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Diffusion Imaging ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Macaque Monkey ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Imaging Method ◽  
Diffusion Tractography ◽  
Axonal Projections ◽  
Histological Validation

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging holds substantial promise as a technique for non-invasive imaging of white matter (WM) axonal projections. For diffusion imaging to be capable of providing new insight into the connectional neuroanatomy of the human brain, it will be necessary to histologically validate the technique against established tracer methods such as horseradish peroxidase and biocytin histochemistry. The macaque monkey provides an ideal model for histological validation of the diffusion imaging method due to the phylogenetic proximity between humans and macaques, the gyrencephalic structure of the macaque cortex, the large body of knowledge on the neuroanatomic connectivity of the macaque brain and the ability to use comparable magnetic resonance acquisition protocols in both species. Recently, it has been shown that high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) can resolve multiple axon orientations within an individual imaging voxel in human WM. This capability promises to boost the accuracy of tract reconstructions from diffusion imaging. If the macaque is to serve as a model for histological validation of the diffusion tractography method, it will be necessary to show that HARDI can also resolve intravoxel architecture in macaque WM. The present study therefore sought to test whether the technique can resolve intravoxel structure in macaque WM. Using a HARDI method called q -ball imaging (QBI) it was possible to resolve composite intravoxel architecture in a number of anatomic regions. QBI resolved intravoxel structure in, for example, the dorsolateral convexity, the pontine decussation, the pulvinar and temporal subcortical WM. The paper concludes by reviewing remaining challenges for the diffusion tractography project.

Inference of multiple fiber orientations in high angular resolution diffusion imaging

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1480-1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Hosey ◽  
Guy Williams ◽  
Richard Ansorge
Keyword(s):  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Diffusion Imaging ◽  
High Angular Resolution
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