Tractography results before/after generative reconstruction of fiber orientation distribution (FOD) (VIDEO)

Keck School of Medicine of USC

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A common diffusion MRI distortion causes signal loss in the corticospinal tract, a key movement pathway in a part of the brainstem (orange and yellow masks), leaving gaps in the map of this pathway. The generative model can fill in the lost signal, producing a fuller reconstruction.

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Stevens INI

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