ReconstDtiFlow

Workflow for tensor reconstruction and for computing DTI metrics. using Weighted Least-Squares. Performs a tensor reconstruction on the files by ‘globing’ input_files and saves the DTI metrics in a directory specified by out_dir.

Parameters

input_files : string
Path to the input volumes. This path may contain wildcards to process multiple inputs at once.
bvalues_files : string
Path to the bvalues files. This path may contain wildcards to use multiple bvalues files at once.
bvectors_files : string
Path to the bvectors files. This path may contain wildcards to use multiple bvectors files at once.
mask_files : string
Path to the input masks. This path may contain wildcards to use multiple masks at once. (default: No mask used)
b0_threshold : float, optional
Threshold used to find b=0 directions (default 0.0)
bvecs_tol : float, optional
Threshold used to check that norm(bvec) = 1 +/- bvecs_tol b-vectors are unit vectors (default 0.01)
save_metrics : variable string, optional
List of metrics to save. Possible values: fa, ga, rgb, md, ad, rd, mode, tensor, evec, eval (default [] (all))
out_dir : string, optional
Output directory (default input file directory)
out_tensor : string, optional
Name of the tensors volume to be saved (default ‘tensors.nii.gz’)
out_fa : string, optional
Name of the fractional anisotropy volume to be saved (default ‘fa.nii.gz’)
out_ga : string, optional
Name of the geodesic anisotropy volume to be saved (default ‘ga.nii.gz’)
out_rgb : string, optional
Name of the color fa volume to be saved (default ‘rgb.nii.gz’)
out_md : string, optional
Name of the mean diffusivity volume to be saved (default ‘md.nii.gz’)
out_ad : string, optional
Name of the axial diffusivity volume to be saved (default ‘ad.nii.gz’)
out_rd : string, optional
Name of the radial diffusivity volume to be saved (default ‘rd.nii.gz’)
out_mode : string, optional
Name of the mode volume to be saved (default ‘mode.nii.gz’)
out_evec : string, optional
Name of the eigenvectors volume to be saved (default ‘evecs.nii.gz’)
out_eval : string, optional
Name of the eigenvalues to be saved (default ‘evals.nii.gz’)

References

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[4]hung, SW., Lu, Y., Henry, R.G., 2006. Comparison of bootstrap approaches for estimation of uncertainties of DTI parameters. NeuroImage 33, 531-541.