""" ========================================= Tractography Clustering with QuickBundles ========================================= This example explains how we can use QuickBundles [Garyfallidis12]_ to simplify/cluster streamlines. First import the necessary modules. """ import numpy as np from nibabel import trackvis as tv from dipy.tracking.streamline import Streamlines from dipy.segment.clustering import QuickBundles from dipy.io.pickles import save_pickle from dipy.data import get_fnames from dipy.viz import window, actor """ For educational purposes we will try to cluster a small streamline bundle known from neuroanatomy as the fornix. """ fname = get_fnames('fornix') """ Load fornix streamlines. """ streams, hdr = tv.read(fname) streamlines = [i[0] for i in streams] """ Perform QuickBundles clustering using the MDF metric and a 10mm distance threshold. Keep in mind that since the MDF metric requires streamlines to have the same number of points, the clustering algorithm will internally use a representation of streamlines that have been automatically downsampled/upsampled so they have only 12 points (To set manually the number of points, see :ref:`clustering-examples-ResampleFeature`). """ qb = QuickBundles(threshold=10.) clusters = qb.cluster(streamlines) """ `clusters` is a `ClusterMap` object which contains attributes that provide information about the clustering result. """ print("Nb. clusters:", len(clusters)) print("Cluster sizes:", map(len, clusters)) print("Small clusters:", clusters < 10) print("Streamlines indices of the first cluster:\n", clusters[0].indices) print("Centroid of the last cluster:\n", clusters[-1].centroid) """ :: Nb. clusters: 4 Cluster sizes: [64, 191, 47, 1] Small clusters: array([False, False, False, True], dtype=bool) Streamlines indices of the first cluster: [0, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 26, 30, 33, 35, 41, 65, 66, 85, 100, 101, 105, 115, 116, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 135, 139, 142, 143, 144, 148, 151, 159, 167, 175, 180, 181, 185, 200, 208, 210, 224, 237, 246, 249, 251, 256, 267, 270, 280, 284, 293, 296, 297, 299] Centroid of the last cluster: array([[ 84.83773804, 117.92590332, 77.32278442], [ 86.10850525, 115.84362793, 81.91885376], [ 86.40357208, 112.25676727, 85.72930145], [ 86.48336792, 107.60327911, 88.13782501], [ 86.23897552, 102.5100708 , 89.29447174], [ 85.04563904, 97.46020508, 88.54240417], [ 82.60240173, 93.14851379, 86.84208679], [ 78.98937225, 89.57682037, 85.63652039], [ 74.72344208, 86.60827637, 84.9391861 ], [ 70.40846252, 85.15874481, 82.4484024 ], [ 66.74534607, 86.00262451, 78.82582092], [ 64.02451324, 88.43942261, 75.0697403 ]], dtype=float32) `clusters` has also attributes like `centroids` (cluster representatives), and methods like `add`, `remove`, and `clear` to modify the clustering result. Lets first show the initial dataset. """ # Enables/disables interactive visualization interactive = False ren = window.Renderer() ren.SetBackground(1, 1, 1) ren.add(actor.streamtube(streamlines, window.colors.white)) window.record(ren, out_path='fornix_initial.png', size=(600, 600)) if interactive: window.show(ren) """ .. figure:: fornix_initial.png :align: center Initial Fornix dataset. Show the centroids of the fornix after clustering (with random colors): """ colormap = actor.create_colormap(np.arange(len(clusters))) window.clear(ren) ren.SetBackground(1, 1, 1) ren.add(actor.streamtube(streamlines, window.colors.white, opacity=0.05)) ren.add(actor.streamtube(clusters.centroids, colormap, linewidth=0.4)) window.record(ren, out_path='fornix_centroids.png', size=(600, 600)) if interactive: window.show(ren) """ .. figure:: fornix_centroids.png :align: center Showing the different QuickBundles centroids with random colors. Show the labeled fornix (colors from centroids). """ colormap_full = np.ones((len(streamlines), 3)) for cluster, color in zip(clusters, colormap): colormap_full[cluster.indices] = color window.clear(ren) ren.SetBackground(1, 1, 1) ren.add(actor.streamtube(streamlines, colormap_full)) window.record(ren, out_path='fornix_clusters.png', size=(600, 600)) if interactive: window.show(ren) """ .. figure:: fornix_clusters.png :align: center Showing the different clusters. It is also possible to save the complete `ClusterMap` object with pickling. """ save_pickle('QB.pkl', clusters) """ Finally, here is a video of QuickBundles applied on a larger dataset. .. raw:: html .. include:: ../links_names.inc References ---------- .. [Garyfallidis12] Garyfallidis E. et al., QuickBundles a method for tractography simplification, Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol 6, no 175, 2012. """