2009 Summer Project Week Hageman DTIDigitalPhantom

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Corticospinal tracts segmented using our fluid mechanics based tractography method.

Key Investigators

• UCLA: Nathan Hageman
• UCLA: Arthur Toga, Ph.D

Objective

We have created a software tool to generate DWI datasets from a predefined phantom shape.

Approach, Plan

Progress

References

• Hageman NS, Shattuck DW, Narr K, Toga AW (2006). A diffusion tensor imaging tractography method based on Navier-Stokes fluid mechanics. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2006), Arlington, VA, USA, 6-9 April 2006. p. 798-801
• Hageman NS, Toga AW, Narr K, Shattuck DW (2008). A diffusion tensor imaging tractography algorithm based on Navier-Stokes fluid mechanics. IEEE Trans. in Medicial Imaging, In Submission.