Documentation/Nightly/Modules/FiberTractMeasurements

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Introduction and Acknowledgements

Title: Tractography Measurements Author(s)/Contributor(s): Alex Yarmarkovich, Fan Zhang, Lauren O'Donnell (SPL, LMI, BWH, SlicerDMRI) License: 3D Slicer Contribution and Software License Agreement Acknowledgements: The SlicerDMRI developers gratefully acknowledge funding for this project provided by NIH NCI ITCR U01CA199459 (Open Source Diffusion MRI Technology For Brain Cancer Research), NIH P41EB015898 (National Center for Image-Guided Therapy) and NIH P41EB015902 (Neuroimaging Analysis Center), as well as the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC), funded by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, Grant U54 EB005149. Contact: <email>slicer-users@bwh.harvard.edu</email> Website: http://slicerdmri.github.io/

SlicerDMRI   Surgical Planning Laboratory   NAC   DWI   Brain mask

Module Description

Compute whole-fiber scalar measurements from a directory of VTK fiber bundle files. Files must have tensors stored in as cell data Slicer tensor convention.

Use Cases

Most frequently used for these scenarios:

• Use Case 1: Create a brain mask from diffusion-weighted images (DWI). Use the brain mask to restrict tensor computation to the inside of the brain (remove noisy data outside the head). This makes a more attractive FA image.
• Use Case 2: Create a brain mask from diffusion-weighted images (DWI). Use the brain mask for seeding tractography.

Tutorials

Links to tutorials that use this module

• Slicer4 Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tutorial: https://www.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Documentation/Nightly/Training#Slicer4_Diffusion_Tensor_Imaging_Tutorial

Panels and their use

Parameters:

• IO: Input/output parameters
  • Select Input Type (inputType): Type of input: MRML Hierarchy, or directory containing VTK polydata files.
  • Fibers Hierarchy (FiberHierarchyNode): Fibers top hierarchy node
  • Fibers File Folder (InputDirectory): Directory from which to read fibers
  • Output Text File (outputFile): Output measurement file
  • Select Output Format (outputFormat): Output format: print statistics along column vs. row.
  • Output Field Separator (outputSeparator): Output file field separator (Comma, Space, or Tab).
  • Print statistics for all clusters and children. (printAllStatistics): Print statistics for all clusters and children. In hierarchy mode, by default this module only prints statistics for specified cluster(s).
• Advanced Settings: Advanced settings
  • Output more statistics (moreStatistics): Output additional statistics, including maximum, minimum, median, variance.

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Similar Modules

• DWIToDTIEstimation

References

• http://slicerdmri.github.io/

Information for Developers

• https://github.com/SlicerDMRI