Diffusion MRI
in Python
Ariel Rokem, University of Washington eScience Institute
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Diffusion MRI
dMRI measures the micro-movements of water in each voxel=> Microstructural tissue properties
=> Distribution of nerve fiber orientations
=> Brain connectivity
Diffusion MRI
Modeling diffusion
Modeling diffusion
From diffusion to tracks
From diffusion to tracks
From diffusion to tracks
DIPY: Diffusion MRI in Python
Open source
Shared: not 'owned' by any particular lab
Open development process
Philosophy: Different methods have different strengths and weaknesses
=> Implement many different methods and enable comparisons between them
Properly explained
Contributors
Started by Eleftherios Garyfallidis
In last count, 33 contributors from (at least) 12 different research institutions in (at least) 7 different countries
Google Summer of Code
Julio Villalon
Rafael Neto Henriques