The influence of regions of interest on tractography virtual dissection protocols: general principles to learn and to follow.

ABSTRACT: Efficient communication across fields of research is challenging, especially when they are at opposite ends of the physical and digital spectrum. Neuroanatomy and neuroimaging may seem close to each other. When neuroimaging studies try to isolate structures of interest, according to a specific anatomical definition, a variety of challenges emerge. It is a non-trivial task to convert the neuroanatomical knowledge to instructions and rules to be executed in neuroimaging software. In the process called "virtual dissection" used to isolate coherent white matter structure in tractography, each white matter pathway has its own set of landmarks (regions of interest) used as inclusion and exclusion criteria. The ability to segment and study these pathways is critical for scientific progress, yet,

SUBMITTER: Rheault F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884471 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature