Developed by
Fang-Cheng Yeh
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University  

e-mail: frankyeh (at) cmu.edu

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        The datasets are provided by the Advanced Biomedical MRI Lab, National Taiwan University Hospital. These datasets are free for testing if you agree to the following agreements.


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  • DSI 203-point 3mm

        
        This b-table is need to load the images to create the .src file in the DSI Studio.
 
 

Description

Diffusion Spectrum Imaging

Scanner

3T MRI system (Trio, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)

Sequence

Echo planar imaging diffusion sequence with twice-refocused echo 

Coil             

8-channel

Slices

40

Slice gap

none

Slice thickness

2.9 mm

FOV

185 mm x 185 mm

Matrix

64 x 64

Resolution

2.9 mm x 2.9 mm

TR

6200 ms

TE

118 ms

Diff directions

203, b_table, △/δ= 80/35 ms

Diff weightings

multiple

max b-value

4000 s/mm2 


 

  • DSI 203-point 2mm 

        Download link: http://www.nitrc.org/frs/download.php/3435/20080711_5_0807112_ep2d_DSI_203.zip                
        This b-table is need to load the images to create the .src file in the DSI Studio.       
 

Description

Diffusion Spectrum Imaging

Scanner

 3T MRI system (Trio, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)

Sequence

Echo planar imaging diffusion sequence with twice-refocused echo 

Coil             

8-channel

Slices

60

Slice gap

none

Slice thickness

1.9 mm

FOV

185 mm x 185 mm

Matrix

96 x 96

Resolution

1.9 mm x 1.9 mm

TR

11500 ms

TE

131 ms

Diff directions

203, b-tableb_table for SIEMENS, △/δ= 80/35 ms

Diff weightings

multiple

max b-value

4000 s/mm2 b_table



  • NTU90 Template in MNI Space
  • - averaged from 90 DSI datasets [1]

        QA and fiber orientations: 

        Coordinate system 
        +X:Right +Y:Posterior +Z: Superior

        Conversion to MNI coordinate

//dimension 79x95x69
//now change to +X:Left +Y:Anterior
x = 78.0-x;
y = 94.0-y;

// origin 39,56,25
x -= 39.0;
y -= 56.0;
z -= 25.0;

//2mm resolution to 1mm
x *= 2.0;
y *= 2.0;
z *= 2.0;

        
       

Description

Diffusion Spectrum Imaging

Scanner

3T MRI system (Trio, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)

Sequence

Echo planar imaging diffusion sequence with twice-refocused echo 

Coil             

8-channel

Slices

40

Slice gap

none

Slice thickness

2.9 mm

FOV

185 mm x 185 mm

Matrix

64 x 64

Resolution

2.9 mm x 2.9 mm

TR

6200 ms

TE

118 ms

Diff directions

203, b_table

Diff weightings

multiple

max b-value

4000 s/mm2 


 
        These 90 DSI datasets were normalized to MNI space through their T2 images.
        
[1] Yeh, F.C., Tseng, W.Y., 2011. NTU-90: A high angular resolution brain atlas constructed by q-space diffeomorphic reconstruction. Neuroimage 58, 91-99.

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