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Abstract | ||
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In the last few years, clinicians have started using fiber tracking algorithms for pre- and intraoperative neurosurgical planning. In the absence of a ground truth, it is often difficult to asses the validity and precision of these algorithms. To this end, we develop a realistic DTI software model in which multiple fiber bundles and their geometrical configuration may be specified, also allowing for scenarios in which fiber bundles cross or kiss and which are common bottlenecks of fiber tracking algorithms. Partial voluming, that is the contributions of multiple tissues to a voxel, is taken into account. The model gives us the possibility to compute the diffusion-weighted signal attenuation given certain tissue and scanner parameters. On the tissue side we can model the diffusion coefficients, the principal diffusion direction and the width of the fiber bundles. On the scanner side, we can model the diffusion time, the strength and direction of the applied diffusion gradient and the width of the diffusion pulse. We also include the possibility to add noise and various artifacts such as aliasing and N/2 ghosting to the model. Having generated the model of a fiber bundle, we determine the distance between the tracked fibers and the original model, thus being able to make assertions on the accuracy of the employed fiber tracking algorithm. Moreover, we can use this information to give an indication about an appropriate width of a safety margin around the tracked fiber bundle. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2010 | 10.1117/12.844215 | Proceedings of SPIE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Brain,Diffusion Tensor Imaging,Fiber Tracking,Noise,Artifacts,Software Model,Safety Margin | Computer vision,Diffusion MRI,Fiber,Computer science,Ground truth,Aliasing,Artificial intelligence,Scanner,Attenuation,Fiber bundle,Ghosting | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
7623 | 0277-786X | 3 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.50 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastiano Barbieri | 1 | 38 | 6.13 |
| Jan Klein | 2 | 95 | 10.94 |
| Christopher Nimsky | 3 | 466 | 42.20 |
| Horst K. Hahn | 4 | 450 | 72.61 |