An Integrated Package for the Processing and Analysis of Diffusion Tensor Imaging

描述(由申请人提供)：我们的目标是开发并向MRI研究社区传播一个用于处理和分析扩散张量成像(DTI)数据的集成软件包。除了包含一些DTI工具，这些工具是我们根据他人工作中的成熟算法实现的，这个软件包还将包括几个独特的工具和算法，这些工具和算法是我们内部通过自己的研究开发的。我们已经通过发表的论文证明，我们的一些关键工具和算法提供了比以前可用的方法更好的性能。该软件包将允许研究人员和临床医生以一种集成的、用户友好的格式自由访问我们的研究工具，从而促进图像分析和临床研究。此外，我们的软件包还将提供结合结构(SMRI)数据使用DTI进行统一分析的工具。与公众健康相关：这是一个用于扩散张量成像(DTI)处理和分析的集成软件包，该项目将发布我们在扩散张量成像研究中产生的最新版本的软件。这一包将允许研究人员和医生自由访问我们的工作，以促进他们的研究和临床应用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We aim to develop and disseminate to the MRI research community an integrated software package for processing and analyzing Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) data. In addition to the inclusion of some DTI tools that we have implemented based on well-established algorithms from other's work, this software package will also include several unique tools and algorithms that we have developed in-house through our own research. We have demonstrated through published papers that a number of our key tools and algorithms offer improved performance over previously available methods. This software package will allow investigators and clinicians free access to our research tools within an integrated, user-friendly format, thereby facilitating image analysis and clinical research. In addition, our software package will also provide tools for unified analyses using DTI in conjunction with structural (sMRI) data. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposed project an integrated software package for the processing and analysis of Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is to release the latest version of software resulted from our research in diffusion tensor imaging. This package will allow investigators and physicians free access to our work to facilitate their research and clinical applications.