Given the increasing popularity and wealth of DWI data in the field of neuroimaging, there is a critical need for the development of publically available resources that enable widespread application of a set of template fibers for atlas based along-tract analysis supporting an adequate and reliable analysis of DTI in newborns in both practice and in clinical research settings. To address this gap, we developed a Neonate DTI atlas that represents a typically developing human brain during the first few weeks of life. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to develop a population atlas with this magnitude of quality and sample size, as well as with a comprehensive set of template fibers for semi-automatic tract based analysis. The DTI atlas and the tracts will be made available through NITRC.
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