Title :
MIGRAINE: MRI Graph Reliability Analysis and Inference for Connectomics
Author :
Roncal, W.G. ; Koterba, Zachary H. ; Mhembere, Disa ; Kleissas, Dean M. ; Vogelstein, Joshua T. ; Burns, Randal ; Bowles, Anita R. ; Donavos, Dimitrios K. ; Ryman, Sephira ; Jung, Rex E. ; Lei Wu ; Calhoun, Vince ; Vogelstein, R. Jacob
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Lab., JHU, Laurel, MD, USA
Abstract :
Currently, connectomes (e.g., functional or structural brain graphs) can be estimated in humans at ≈ 1 mm3 scale using a combination of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging and structural magnetic resonance imaging scans. This manuscript summarizes a novel, scalable implementation of open-source algorithms to rapidly estimate magnetic resonance connectomes, using both anatomical regions of interest (ROIs) and voxel-size vertices. To assess the reliability of our pipeline, we develop a novel non-parametric non-Euclidean reliability metric. Here we provide an overview of the methods used, demonstrate our implementation, and discuss available user extensions. We conclude with results showing the efficacy and reliability of the pipeline over previous state-of-the-art.
Keywords :
biodiffusion; biomedical MRI; graph theory; reliability; MIGRAINE; MRI graph reliability analysis and inference for connectomics; ROIs; anatomical regions of interest; diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; functional magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance connectomes estimation; nonparametric nonEuclidean reliability metric; open-source algorithms; reliability assessment; structural magnetic resonance imaging scans; voxel-size vertices; Educational institutions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroscience; Pipelines; Robustness; Scalability; connectomics; magnetic resonance imaging; network theory; pipeline;
Conference_Titel :
Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
DOI :
10.1109/GlobalSIP.2013.6736878