Impact Area:
Health Technology

Researcher:
Dra. Pamela Guevara

Description:
This project aims to develop methods for cortical surface parcellation based on brain tractography, which has been used for many years to reconstruct the trajectories of major white matter (WM) pathways. This non-invasive technique is indirect and relies on models and inference, but it allows for a comprehensive brain exploration of WM structure in living humans and large subject populations.

Problem it solves:
The main problem is the high complexity and enormous size of tractography datasets, which can include millions of fibers. In most cases, standard approaches can’t handle this type of data, requiring special analysis methods. In this project, a new method was successfully implemented that will allow for a better description of the human connectome, and it’s expected to be used in the future to analyze images from clinical studies.