The white matter query language: a novel approach for describing human white matter anatomy.

ABSTRACT: We have developed a novel method to describe human white matter anatomy using an approach that is both intuitive and simple to use, and which automatically extracts white matter tracts from diffusion MRI volumes. Further, our method simplifies the quantification and statistical analysis of white matter tracts on large diffusion MRI databases. This work reflects the careful syntactical definition of major white matter fiber tracts in the human brain based on a neuroanatomist's expert knowledge. The framework is based on a novel query language with a near-to-English textual syntax. This query language makes it possible to construct a dictionary of anatomical definitions that describe white matter tracts. The definitions include adjacent gray and white matter regions, and rules for spatial re

SUBMITTER: Wassermann D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4940319 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature