White matter fiber-based analysis of T1w/T2w ratio map

Haiwei Chen; Francois Budin; Jean Noel; Juan Carlos Prieto; John Gilmore; Jerod Rasmussen; Pathik D. Wadhwa; Sonja Entringer; Claudia Buss; Martin Styner

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24 February 2017 White matter fiber-based analysis of T1w/T2w ratio map

Haiwei Chen, Francois Budin, Jean Noel, Juan Carlos Prieto, John Gilmore, Jerod Rasmussen, Pathik D. Wadhwa, Sonja Entringer, Claudia Buss, Martin Styner

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Proceedings Volume 10133, Medical Imaging 2017: Image Processing; 101330P (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254467
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

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Purpose: To develop, test, evaluate and apply a novel tool for the white matter fiber-based analysis of T1w/T2w ratio maps quantifying myelin content. Background: The cerebral white matter in the human brain develops from a mostly non-myelinated state to a nearly fully mature white matter myelination within the first few years of life. High resolution T1w/T2w ratio maps are believed to be effective in quantitatively estimating myelin content on a voxel-wise basis. We propose the use of a fiber-tract-based analysis of such T1w/T2w ratio data, as it allows us to separate fiber bundles that a common regional analysis imprecisely groups together, and to associate effects to specific tracts rather than large, broad regions. Methods: We developed an intuitive, open source tool to facilitate such fiber-based studies of T1w/T2w ratio maps. Via its Graphical User Interface (GUI) the tool is accessible to non-technical users. The framework uses calibrated T1w/T2w ratio maps and a prior fiber atlas as an input to generate profiles of T1w/T2w values. The resulting fiber profiles are used in a statistical analysis that performs along-tract functional statistical analysis. We applied this approach to a preliminary study of early brain development in neonates. Results: We developed an open-source tool for the fiber based analysis of T1w/T2w ratio maps and tested it in a study of brain development.

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Haiwei Chen, Francois Budin, Jean Noel, Juan Carlos Prieto, John Gilmore, Jerod Rasmussen, Pathik D. Wadhwa, Sonja Entringer, Claudia Buss, and Martin Styner "White matter fiber-based analysis of T1w/T2w ratio map", Proc. SPIE 10133, Medical Imaging 2017: Image Processing, 101330P (24 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254467

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