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Confidence mapping in diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging tractography using a bootstrap approach

✍ Scribed by Derek K. Jones; Carlo Pierpaoli

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
381 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
0740-3194

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Abstract

The bootstrap technique is an extremely powerful nonparametric statistical procedure for determining the uncertainty in a given statistic. However, its use in diffusion tensor MRI tractography remains virtually unexplored. This work shows how the bootstrap can be used to assign confidence to results obtained with deterministic tracking algorithms. By invoking the concept of a “tract‐propagator,” it also underlines the important effect of local fiber architecture or architectural milieu on tracking reproducibility. Finally, the practical advantages and limitations of the technique are discussed. Not only does the bootstrap allow any deterministic tractography algorithm to be used in a probabilistic fashion, but also its model‐free inclusion of all sources of variability (including those that cannot be modeled) means that it provides the most realistic approach to probabilistic tractography. Magn Reson Med 53:1143–1149, 2005. Published 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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