Tools for sampling and reconstruction in q-space diffusion MRI
Disclaimer
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SAMPLING SCHEMES GENERATED WITH THIS TOOL, TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE
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WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE SAMPLING SCHEME IS
WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SAMPLING SCHEME PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
Install
To install, run
python setup.py install --prefix=~/local
You will need to add ~/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages to your PYTHONPATH. If
you are using bash, then edit the ~/.bashrc file and add the following line:
export PYTHONPATH=~/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}
References
For any use of the multiple shell sampling tool, please kindly cite the
following paper [1]. For the use of reconstruction in the mSPH basis, please
kindly cite [2].
- Caruyer, Emmanuel, Christophe Lenglet, Guillermo Sapiro, and Rachid Deriche.
"Design of multishell sampling schemes with uniform coverage in diffusion MRI."
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 69, no. 6 (2013): 1534-1540. - Caruyer, Emmanuel, and Rachid Deriche. "Diffusion MRI signal reconstruction
with continuity constraint and optimal regularization." Medical Image Analysis
16, no. 6 (2012): 1113-1120.