Metric selection and diffusion tensor swelling

Ofer Pasternak*, Nir Sochen, Peter J. Basser

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Abstract

The measurement of the distance between diffusion tensors is the foundation on which any subsequent analysis or processing of these quantities, such as registration, regularization, interpolation, or statistical inference is based. Euclidean metrics were first used in the context of diffusion tensors; then geometric metrics, having the practical advantage of reducing the “swelling effect,” were proposed instead. In this chapter we explore the physical roots of the swelling effect and relate it to acquisition noise. We find that Johnson noise causes shrinking of tensors, and suggest that in order to account for this shrinking, a metric should support swelling of tensors while averaging or interpolating. This interpretation of the swelling effect leads us to favor the Euclidean metric for diffusion tensor analysis. This is a surprising result considering the recent increase of interest in the geometric metrics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Developments in the Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields
EditorsDavid H. Laidlaw, Anna Vilanova
PublisherSpringer Heidelberg
Pages323-336
Number of pages14
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-27343-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-27342-1, 978-3-662-50786-5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event3rd Workshop on Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, 2009 - Dagstuhl, Germany
Duration: 19 Jul 200924 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameMathematics and Visualization
ISSN (Print)1612-3786
ISSN (Electronic)2197-666X

Conference

Conference3rd Workshop on Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, 2009
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDagstuhl
Period19/07/0924/07/09

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