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Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging in the Diffusion Imaging in Python Project

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العنوان: Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging in the Diffusion Imaging in Python Project
المؤلفون: Rafael Neto Henriques, Marta M. Correia, Maurizio Marrale, Elizabeth Huber, John Kruper, Serge Koudoro, Jason D. Yeatman, Eleftherios Garyfallidis, Ariel Rokem
المصدر: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
مصطلحات موضوعية: MRI, diffusion MRI, DKI, DTI, microstructure, open-source software, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
الوصف: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) measurements and models provide information about brain connectivity and are sensitive to the physical properties of tissue microstructure. Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging (DKI) quantifies the degree of non-Gaussian diffusion in biological tissue from dMRI. These estimates are of interest because they were shown to be more sensitive to microstructural alterations in health and diseases than measures based on the total anisotropy of diffusion which are highly confounded by tissue dispersion and fiber crossings. In this work, we implemented DKI in the Diffusion in Python (DIPY) project—a large collaborative open-source project which aims to provide well-tested, well-documented and comprehensive implementation of different dMRI techniques. We demonstrate the functionality of our methods in numerical simulations with known ground truth parameters and in openly available datasets. A particular strength of our DKI implementations is that it pursues several extensions of the model that connect it explicitly with microstructural models and the reconstruction of 3D white matter fiber bundles (tractography). For instance, our implementations include DKI-based microstructural models that allow the estimation of biophysical parameters, such as axonal water fraction. Moreover, we illustrate how DKI provides more general characterization of non-Gaussian diffusion compatible with complex white matter fiber architectures and gray matter, and we include a novel mean kurtosis index that is invariant to the confounding effects due to tissue dispersion. In summary, DKI in DIPY provides a well-tested, well-documented and comprehensive reference implementation for DKI. It provides a platform for wider use of DKI in research on brain disorders and in cognitive neuroscience.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1662-5161
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.675433/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-5161
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.675433
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/854513573ba749dfa755b5721e5c1833
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.854513573ba749dfa755b5721e5c1833
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16625161
DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2021.675433