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Abstract #3170

How Diffusion Model and Tract Direction Growth Affects Quantitative DTI Parameters in Ataxia

Yu Zhang1, Xue Wang2, Yufen Chen2, Michael Rozenfeld2, Puneet Opal3, Todd Parrish, 12

1Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States; 2Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States; 3Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

This study how model selection between bedpostx and qboot and direction issue will affect the probabilistic diffusion tractography.

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