Improved Inter-Subject Functional Registration Using DARTEL in Individuals Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol
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INTRODUCTION On account of the multifaceted structural damage induced by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), MR image registration problems have been a roadblock in the detailed analysis of images from this population. The recently introduced DARTEL (diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra) algorithm [1] is thought to improve inter-subject functional image registration, but has not been previously applied to the PAE population. The present study examines the applicability of DARTEL to functional image registration in the PAE population using images derived from a vibrotactile stimulation task with contralateral hand response.
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