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Abstract #1670

Improved Probabilistic Streamlines Tractography by 2nd Order Integration Over Fibre Orientation Distributions

J-Donald Tournier1,2, Fernando Calamante1,2, Alan Connelly1,2

1Brain Research Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes (Austin), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Probabilistic streamlines algorithms are amongst the most promising methods for fibre-tracking, but are potentially subject to a number of deficiencies. These include a tendency to overshoot in highly curved regions, and to switch directions in crossing fibre regions. To address both of these issues, we propose a higher-order probabilistic streamlines algorithm, based on 2nd order integration over fibre orientation distributions (iFOD2), with a computational complexity similar to current first order methods. We demonstrate the advantages of the proposed iFOD2 algorithm on simulated data, and apply the method to in-vivo data.