Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS)

Tate, David F.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_9125

Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS)

David F. Tate⁴

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Anatomical connectivity analysis; Anisotropic diffusion; Multi-subject diffusion imaging data; Fractional anisotropy, FA; Functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI; Nonlinear registration tool; Tract-based spatial statistics, TBSS; Voxelwise statistical analysis; White matter tracts

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Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) (Smith et al. 2006) refers to a diffusion weighted imaging post-processing method implemented by the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Analysis Group, Oxford University, UK for the FMRIB Software Library (FSL) as part of the FSL Toolkit (see Smith et al. 2004 retrieved 05/11/2017 from http://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/TBSS). This procedure is a set of steps designed to improve voxelwise group comparisons of diffusion scalar metrics, namely fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD), and/or axial diffusivity (AD) (see Dunst et al. 2014).

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This method utilizes raw diffusion...

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Brain Imaging and Behavior Laboratory, Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), University of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL), Berkeley, MO, USA
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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Tate, D.F. (2018). Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS). In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_9125

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