The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project

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 conventi...

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Main Authors: Glasser, Matthew F., Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N., Wilson, J. Anthony, Coalson, Timothy S., Fischl, Bruce, Andersson, Jesper L., Xu, Junqian, Jbabdi, Saad, Webster, Matthew, Polimeni, Jonathan R., Van Essen, David C., Jenkinson, Mark
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Published: Elsevier 2013
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author Glasser, Matthew F.
Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N.
Wilson, J. Anthony
Coalson, Timothy S.
Fischl, Bruce
Andersson, Jesper L.
Xu, Junqian
Jbabdi, Saad
Webster, Matthew
Polimeni, Jonathan R.
Van Essen, David C.
Jenkinson, Mark
author_facet Glasser, Matthew F.
Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N.
Wilson, J. Anthony
Coalson, Timothy S.
Fischl, Bruce
Andersson, Jesper L.
Xu, Junqian
Jbabdi, Saad
Webster, Matthew
Polimeni, Jonathan R.
Van Essen, David C.
Jenkinson, Mark
author_sort Glasser, Matthew F.
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description 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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spelling nottingham-528782020-05-04T16:39:20Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52878/ The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project Glasser, Matthew F. Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N. Wilson, J. Anthony Coalson, Timothy S. Fischl, Bruce Andersson, Jesper L. Xu, Junqian Jbabdi, Saad Webster, Matthew Polimeni, Jonathan R. Van Essen, David C. Jenkinson, Mark 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. Elsevier 2013-10-15 Article PeerReviewed Glasser, Matthew F., Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N., Wilson, J. Anthony, Coalson, Timothy S., Fischl, Bruce, Andersson, Jesper L., Xu, Junqian, Jbabdi, Saad, Webster, Matthew, Polimeni, Jonathan R., Van Essen, David C. and Jenkinson, Mark (2013) The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project. NeuroImage, 80 . pp. 105-124. ISSN 1053-8119 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811913005053?via%3Dihub doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.127 doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.127
spellingShingle Glasser, Matthew F.
Sotiropoulos, Stamatios N.
Wilson, J. Anthony
Coalson, Timothy S.
Fischl, Bruce
Andersson, Jesper L.
Xu, Junqian
Jbabdi, Saad
Webster, Matthew
Polimeni, Jonathan R.
Van Essen, David C.
Jenkinson, Mark
The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project
title The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project
title_full The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project
title_fullStr The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project
title_full_unstemmed The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project
title_short The minimal preprocessing pipelines for the Human Connectome Project
title_sort minimal preprocessing pipelines for the human connectome project
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52878/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52878/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52878/