DocumentCode
1831012
Title
The Development of Brain Connectivity Browser by Tractography of QBI
Author
Yi-Ping Chao ; Chia-Yen Yang ; Kuan-Hung Cho ; Chun-Hung Yeh ; Kun-Hsien Chou ; Jyh-Horng Chen ; Ching-Po Lin
Author_Institution
Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
fYear
2007
fDate
22-26 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
2094
Lastpage
2097
Abstract
Diffusion MRI is a technique that can probe diffusivity of water molecules in brain structure non-invasively and so that it presents complex neuronal orientation by discrete ribbons. In the study, a new tractography algorithm for high angular resolution diffusion imaging was developed to connect the discrete neural orientations and to extract sophisticated neuronal connectivity in human brain. By using volume of interesting selection interface and interaction of multiple regions by Boolean function, the results showed its potential of this technique in revealing complex neuronal pathways which could not be acquired from conventional techniques.
Keywords
Boolean functions; biodiffusion; biomedical MRI; brain; image resolution; medical computing; neurophysiology; Boolean function; QBI; angular resolution diffusion imaging; brain connectivity browser; diffusion MRI; discrete neural orientation; q-ball imaging; tractography; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Brain; Chaos; Diffusion tensor imaging; Humans; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tensile stress; Transmission line matrix methods; Diffusion MRI; Tractography; high angular imaging diffusion MRI; Algorithms; Brain; Brain Mapping; Computer Graphics; Computers; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Equipment Design; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Models, Statistical; Neural Pathways; Programming Languages; Software;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lyon
ISSN
1557-170X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0787-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352734
Filename
4352734
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