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contents <p>This dataset provides a complete set of tractography templates of the <strong>Superior Longitudinal System (SLS) </strong>[1] in MNI space. Templates were generated from diffusion MRI data of 39 healthy participants sourced from the BIL&GIN database [2][3]. C<span lang="EN">onstrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) and particle-filtering tractography (PFT) with anatomical priors [4] was computed for each participant, and sub-SLS components were extracted from the concatenation of the 39 individual whole brain tractograms.</span></p> <p>A ROI-based segmentation approach leveraging gyral ROIs of the JHU template was adopted [5]. Each reported bundle represents a specific connection linking frontal and posterior cortical regions, following sulco-gyral landmarks. The anatomical plausibility of each template was evaluated through alignment with 3D photogrammetric models of Klingler microdissection following the BraDiPho approach (<a href="https://bradipho.eu">bradipho.eu</a>) [6].</p> <p>Templates are categorized into three classes:</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Anatomically Validated</strong>: Corresponding bundles confirmed through ex vivo dissection.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Anatomically Plausible but not validated</strong>: Anatomically plausible based on known connectivity, but not confirmed through dissection.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Anatomically Implausible</strong>: Not supported by dissection or anatomical evidence.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><em>[1] <span lang="EN-GB">Mandonnet, E., Sarubbo, S. & Petit, L. The Nomenclature of Human White Matter Association Pathways: Proposal for a Systematic Taxonomic Anatomical Classification. Front. Neuroanat. <strong>12</strong>, 94 (2018).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[2] Mazoyer, B. et al. BIL&GIN: A neuroimaging, cognitive, behavioral, and genetic database for the study of human brain lateralization. NeuroImage <strong>124</strong>, 1225–1231 (2016).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[3] </span><span lang="EN-GB">Poulin, P. et al. TractoInferno : A large-scale, open-source, multi-site database for machine learning dMRI tractography. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.29.470422 (2021).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[4] Theaud, G. et al. TractoFlow: A robust, efficient and reproducible diffusion MRI pipeline leveraging Nextflow & Singularity. NeuroImage <strong>218</strong>, 116889 (2020).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[5] Oishi, K. et al. Atlas-based whole brain white matter analysis using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping: Application to normal elderly and Alzheimer’s disease participants. NeuroImage <strong>46</strong>, 486–499 (2009).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[6] Vavassori, L. et al. Brain Dissection Photogrammetry for Studying Human White Matter Connections: a Unique Resource for Integrating Ex-vivo and In-vivo Multimodal Datasets. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6480729/v1 (2025).</span></em></p>
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spellingShingle Superior Longitudinal System (SLS) Tractography Templates
Vavassori, Laura
Neuroanatomy
Thactography
White Matter
<p>This dataset provides a complete set of tractography templates of the <strong>Superior Longitudinal System (SLS) </strong>[1] in MNI space. Templates were generated from diffusion MRI data of 39 healthy participants sourced from the BIL&GIN database [2][3]. C<span lang="EN">onstrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) and particle-filtering tractography (PFT) with anatomical priors [4] was computed for each participant, and sub-SLS components were extracted from the concatenation of the 39 individual whole brain tractograms.</span></p> <p>A ROI-based segmentation approach leveraging gyral ROIs of the JHU template was adopted [5]. Each reported bundle represents a specific connection linking frontal and posterior cortical regions, following sulco-gyral landmarks. The anatomical plausibility of each template was evaluated through alignment with 3D photogrammetric models of Klingler microdissection following the BraDiPho approach (<a href="https://bradipho.eu">bradipho.eu</a>) [6].</p> <p>Templates are categorized into three classes:</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Anatomically Validated</strong>: Corresponding bundles confirmed through ex vivo dissection.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Anatomically Plausible but not validated</strong>: Anatomically plausible based on known connectivity, but not confirmed through dissection.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Anatomically Implausible</strong>: Not supported by dissection or anatomical evidence.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><em>[1] <span lang="EN-GB">Mandonnet, E., Sarubbo, S. & Petit, L. The Nomenclature of Human White Matter Association Pathways: Proposal for a Systematic Taxonomic Anatomical Classification. Front. Neuroanat. <strong>12</strong>, 94 (2018).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[2] Mazoyer, B. et al. BIL&GIN: A neuroimaging, cognitive, behavioral, and genetic database for the study of human brain lateralization. NeuroImage <strong>124</strong>, 1225–1231 (2016).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[3] </span><span lang="EN-GB">Poulin, P. et al. TractoInferno : A large-scale, open-source, multi-site database for machine learning dMRI tractography. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.29.470422 (2021).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[4] Theaud, G. et al. TractoFlow: A robust, efficient and reproducible diffusion MRI pipeline leveraging Nextflow & Singularity. NeuroImage <strong>218</strong>, 116889 (2020).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[5] Oishi, K. et al. Atlas-based whole brain white matter analysis using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping: Application to normal elderly and Alzheimer’s disease participants. NeuroImage <strong>46</strong>, 486–499 (2009).</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-GB">[6] Vavassori, L. et al. Brain Dissection Photogrammetry for Studying Human White Matter Connections: a Unique Resource for Integrating Ex-vivo and In-vivo Multimodal Datasets. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6480729/v1 (2025).</span></em></p>
title Superior Longitudinal System (SLS) Tractography Templates
topic Neuroanatomy
Thactography
White Matter
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16751413