Abstract #1938

A New Robust Algorithm for Diffusion Tensor Evaluation

Ivan I. Maximov¹, Farida Grinberg¹, Nadim Jon Shah^1,2

¹Institute of Neuroscience & Medicine 4, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany; ²Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, JARA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

We propose a new algorithm for diffusion tensor reconstruction based on the robust least median squares estimator. The developed method allows one to determine the outliers that may appear due to physiological noise or other tissue-related singularities. This feature and the stability of the least median squares to noise level variation yield a new and very promising approach in research and in clinical practice.