@inproceedings{9bddffe4a6ef4e1c8e2548e3f452c837,
title = "Group statistics of DTI fiber bundles using spatial functions of tensor measures",
abstract = "We present a framework for hypothesis testing of differences between groups of DTI fiber tracts. An anatomical, tract-oriented coordinate system provides a basis for estimating the distribution of diffusion properties. The parametrization of sampled, smooth functions is normalized across a population using DTI atlas building. Functional data analysis, an extension of multivariate statistics to continuous functions is applied to the problem of hypothesis testing and discrimination. B-spline models of fractional anisotropy (FA) and Frobenius norm measures are analyzed jointly. Plots of the discrimination direction provide a clinical interpretation of the group differences. The methodology is tested on a pediatric study of subjects aged one and two years.",
author = "Goodlett, {Casey B.} and Fletcher, {P. Thomas} and Gilmore, {John H.} and Guido Gerig",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-85988-8_127",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "354085987X",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "PART 1",
pages = "1068--1075",
booktitle = "Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2008 - 11th International Conference, Proceedings",
edition = "PART 1",
note = "11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2008 ; Conference date: 06-09-2008 Through 10-09-2008",
}