The developing human connectome project: A minimal processing pipeline for neonatal cortical surface reconstruction.

ABSTRACT: The Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP) seeks to create the first 4-dimensional connectome of early life. Understanding this connectome in detail may provide insights into normal as well as abnormal patterns of brain development. Following established best practices adopted by the WU-MINN Human Connectome Project (HCP), and pioneered by FreeSurfer, the project utilises cortical surface-based processing pipelines. In this paper, we propose a fully automated processing pipeline for the structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the developing neonatal brain. This proposed pipeline consists of a refined framework for cortical and sub-cortical volume segmentation, cortical surface extraction, and cortical surface inflation, which has been specifically designed to address considerabl

SUBMITTER: Makropoulos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6783314 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature