Maier-Hein, KH;
Neher, PF;
Houde, JC;
Côté, MA;
Garyfallidis, E;
Zhong, J;
Chamberland, M;
... Descoteaux, M; + view all
(2017)
The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography.
Nature Communications
, 8
, Article 1349. 10.1038/s41467-017-01285-x.
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Abstract
Tractography based on non-invasive diffusion imaging is central to the study of human brain connectivity. To date, the approach has not been systematically validated in ground truth studies. Based on a simulated human brain data set with ground truth tracts, we organized an open international tractography challenge, which resulted in 96 distinct submissions from 20 research groups. Here, we report the encouraging finding that most state-of-the-art algorithms produce tractograms containing 90% of the ground truth bundles (to at least some extent). However, the same tractograms contain many more invalid than valid bundles, and half of these invalid bundles occur systematically across research groups. Taken together, our results demonstrate and confirm fundamental ambiguities inherent in tract reconstruction based on orientation information alone, which need to be considered when interpreting tractography and connectivity results. Our approach provides a novel framework for estimating reliability of tractography and encourages innovation to address its current limitations.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-017-01285-x |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01285-x |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10043135 |
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