@inproceedings{d430d1bc8f2746a98f7a5619c81967e4,
title = "Heritability of white matter fiber tract shapes: A HARDI study of 198 twins",
abstract = "Genetic analysis of diffusion tensor images (DTI) shows great promise in revealing specific genetic variants that affect brain integrity and connectivity. Most genetic studies of DTI analyze voxel-based diffusivity indices in the image space (such as 3D maps of fractional anisotropy) and overlook tract geometry. Here we propose an automated workflow to cluster fibers using a white matter probabilistic atlas and perform genetic analysis on the shape characteristics of fiber tracts. We apply our approach to large study of 4-Tesla high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) data from 198 healthy, young adult twins (age: 20-30). Illustrative results show heritability for the shapes of several major tracts, as color-coded maps.",
keywords = "Clustering, Curve Matching, Fiber Alignment, HARDI, Heritability, Image Registration, Tractography, White Matter Probabilistic Atlas",
author = "Yan Jin and Yonggang Shi and Joshi, {Shantanu H.} and Neda Jahanshad and Liang Zhan and {De Zubicaray}, {Greig I.} and McMahon, {Katie L.} and Martin, {Nicholas G.} and Wright, {Margaret J.} and Toga, {Arthur W.} and Thompson, {Paul M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by Grant RO1 HD050735 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Grant 496682 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia.; 1st International Workshop on Multimodal Brain Image Analysis, MBIA 2011, in Conjunction with the 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 ; Conference date: 18-09-2011 Through 18-09-2011",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-24446-9_5",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783642244452",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "35--43",
booktitle = "Multimodal Brain Image Analysis - First International Workshop, MBIA 2011, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2011, Proceedings",
}