Quantitative evaluation of 10 tractography algorithms on a realistic diffusion MR phantom

被引:315
作者
Fillard, Pierre [1 ]
Descoteaux, Maxime [2 ]
Goh, Alvina [3 ]
Gouttard, Sylvain [4 ]
Jeurissen, Ben [5 ]
Malcolm, James [6 ]
Ramirez-Manzanares, Alonso [7 ]
Reisert, Marco [8 ]
Sakaie, Ken [9 ]
Tensaouti, Fatima [10 ]
Yo, Ting [11 ]
Mangin, Jean-Francois [1 ]
Poupon, Cyril [12 ]
机构
[1] CEA Saclay, Lab Comp Assisted Neuroimaging, Neurospin, France
[2] Univ Sherbrooke, Dept Comp Sci, MOIVRE Ctr, Sherbrooke, PQ J1K 2R1, Canada
[3] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Math, Singapore 117548, Singapore
[4] Univ Utah, Sci Comp & Imaging Inst, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
[5] Univ Antwerp, Dept Phys, IBBT VisionLab, Antwerp, Belgium
[6] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Psychiat Neuroimaging Lab, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[7] Univ Guanajuato, Dept Math, Guanajuato, Mexico
[8] Univ Hosp Freiburg, Dept Radiol, Freiburg, Germany
[9] Cleveland Clin, Imaging Inst, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
[10] INSERM, U825, Natl Inst Med Res, Paris, France
[11] Max Planck Inst Human Cognit & Brain Sci, Leipzig, Germany
[12] CEA Saclay, Imaging & Spect Lab, Neurospin, France
关键词
PERSISTENT ANGULAR STRUCTURE; ANATOMICAL CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; FIBER; TRACKING; TENSOR; VALIDATION; RESOLUTION; FRAMEWORK; RECONSTRUCTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.032
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
As it provides the only method for mapping white matter fibers in vivo, diffusion MRI tractography is gaining importance in clinical and neuroscience research. However, despite the increasing availability of different diffusion models and tractography algorithms, it remains unclear how to select the optimal fiber reconstruction method, given certain imaging parameters. Consequently, it is of utmost importance to have a quantitative comparison of these models and algorithms and a deeper understanding of the corresponding strengths and weaknesses. In this work, we use a common dataset with known ground truth and a reproducible methodology to quantitatively evaluate the performance of various diffusion models and tractography algorithms. To examine a wide range of methods, the dataset, but not the ground truth, was released to the public for evaluation in a contest, the "Fiber Cup". 10 fiber reconstruction methods were evaluated. The results provide evidence that: 1. For high SNR datasets, diffusion models such as (fiber) orientation distribution functions correctly model the underlying fiber distribution and can be used in conjunction with streamline tractography, and 2. For medium or low SNR datasets, a prior on the spatial smoothness of either the diffusion model or the fibers is recommended for correct modelling of the fiber distribution and proper tractography results. The phantom dataset, the ground truth fibers, the evaluation methodology and the results obtained so far will remain publicly available on: http://www.lnao.fr/spip.php? rubrique79 to serve as a comparison basis for existing or new tractography methods. New results can be submitted to fibercup09@gmail.com and updates will be published on the webpage. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页数:15
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