De l'estimation locale par imagerie q-ball à la tractographie des croisements de fibres

Deterministic and Probabilistic Q-Ball Tractography: from Diffusion to Sharp Fiber Distributions

We propose a deterministic and a probabilistic extension of classical diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography algorithms based on a sharp fiber orientation distribution function (ODF) reconstruction from Q-Ball Imaging (QBI). An important contribution of the paper is the integration of some of the latest state-of-the-art high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) data processing meth...

Online orientation distribution function reconstruction in constant solid angle and its application to motion detection in high angular resolution diffusion imaging

The di usion orientation distribution function (ODF) can be reconstructed from q-ball imaging (QBI) to map the complex intravoxel structure of water di usion. As acquisition time is particularly large for high angular resolution di usion imaging (HARDI), fast estimation algorithms have recently been proposed, as an on-line feedback on the reconstruction accuracy. Thus the acquisition could be s...

Q-Ball Images Segmentation Using Region-Based Statistical Surface Evolution

In this article we develop a new method to segment Q-Ball imaging (QBI) data. We first estimate the orientation distribution function (ODF) using a fast and robust spherical harmonic (SH) method. Then, we use a region-based statistical surface evolution on this image of ODFs to efficiently find coherent white matter fiber bundles. We show that our method is appropriate to propagate through regi...

A linear and regularized ODF estimation algorithm to recover multiple fibers in Q-Ball imaging

Due the well-known limitations of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), high angular resolution diffusion imaging is currently of great interest to characterize voxels containing multiple fiber crossings. In particular, Q-ball imaging (QBI) is now a popular reconstruction method to obtain the orientation distribution function (ODF) of these multiple fiber distributions. The latter captures all import...

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