SlicerDMRI: Diffusion MRI and Tractography Research Software for Brain Cancer Surgery Planning and Visualization
Author(s) -
Fan Zhang,
Thomas Noh,
Parikshit Juvekar,
Sarah Frisken,
Laura Rigolo,
Isaiah Norton,
Tina Kapur,
Sonia Pujol,
William M. Wells,
Alex Yarmarkovich,
Gordon Kindlmann,
Demián Wassermann,
Raúl San Jośe Estépar,
Yogesh Rathi,
Ron Kikinis,
Hans J. Johnson,
CarlFredrik Westin,
Steve Pieper,
Alexandra J. Golby,
Lauren J. O’Donnell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jco clinical cancer informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.188
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2473-4276
DOI - 10.1200/cci.19.00141
Subject(s) - visualization , computer science , diffusion mri , tractography , modality (human–computer interaction) , software , modalities , neuronavigation , medical physics , artificial intelligence , data science , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , medicine , programming language , social science , sociology
We present SlicerDMRI, an open-source software suite that enables research using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI), the only modality that can map the white matter connections of the living human brain. SlicerDMRI enables analysis and visualization of dMRI data and is aimed at the needs of clinical research users. SlicerDMRI is built upon and deeply integrated with 3D Slicer, a National Institutes of Health-supported open-source platform for medical image informatics, image processing, and three-dimensional visualization. Integration with 3D Slicer provides many features of interest to cancer researchers, such as real-time integration with neuronavigation equipment, intraoperative imaging modalities, and multimodal data fusion. One key application of SlicerDMRI is in neurosurgery research, where brain mapping using dMRI can provide patient-specific maps of critical brain connections as well as insight into the tissue microstructure that surrounds brain tumors.
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