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The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project

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Glasser, Matthew F., Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N., Wilson, J. Anthony, Coalson, Timothy S., Fischl, Bruce, Andersson, Jesper L., Xu, Junqian, Jbabdi, Saad +4 more·2013·NeuroImage

Abstract

The Human Connectome Project (HCP) faces the challenging task of bringing multiple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities together in a common automated preprocessing framework across a large cohort of subjects. The MRI data acquired by the HCP differ in many ways from data acquired on conventional 3 Tesla scanners and often require newly developed preprocessing methods. We describe the minimal preprocessing pipelines for structural, functional, and diffusion MRI that were developed by the HCP to accomplish many low level tasks, including spatial artifact/distortion removal, surface generation, cross-modal registration, and alignment to standard space. These pipelines are specially designed to capitalize on the high quality data offered by the HCP. The final standard space makes use of a recently introduced CIFTI file format and the associated grayordinate spatial coordinate system. This allows for combined cortical surface and subcortical volume analyses while reducing the storage and processing requirements for high spatial and temporal resolution data. Here, we provide the minimum image acquisition requirements for the HCP minimal preprocessing pipelines and additional advice for investigators interested in replicating the HCP's acquisition protocols or using these pipelines. Finally, we discuss some potential future improvements to the pipelines.

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Glasser, M. F., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Wilson, J. A., Coalson, T. S., Fischl, B., Andersson, J. L., Xu, J., Jbabdi, S., Webster, M., Polimeni, J. R., Van Essen, D. C., & Jenkinson, M.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Glasser, Matthew F.
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
80
Pages
105-124
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1983208069
Cited by
5,253
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
76.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
  • Nottingham ePrints (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • UniTERAMO Research Catalog (University of Teramo) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1U54MH091657-01, F30 MH097312, ROI MH-60974)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB006758)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (1S10RR023043, R01 NS052585-01, 1S10RR019307, 1R01NS070963, 1R21NS072652-01, 1S10RR023401)
  • Ellison Medical Foundation
  • NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (5U01-MH093765)
  • National Institute on Aging (5R01AG008122-22, AG022381)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P41-RR14075, BIRN002, U24 RR021382)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Keywords
Human Connectome Project, structural MRI, functional MRI, diffusion MRI, spatial distortion correction, cross-modal registration, automated image processing
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Brain, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Models, Anatomic, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Connectome

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