Kurt G Schilling, Fan Zhang, J-Donald Tournier, Francesco Vergani, Stamatios N Sotiropoulos, Ariel Rokem, Lauren J O'Donnell
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The first annual International Society of Tractography (IST) debate in Corsica in 2024 explored key challenges and controversies in tractography. This article examines the debate sparked by the provocative statement, "Tractography cannot give us anything we can't get from an atlas template." This debate contrasted two approaches: (1) white matter atlas templates, which provide standardized, population-based brain representations useful for studying brain structure and performing group comparisons, and (2) subject-specific tractography, which reconstructs individual brain connections using diffusion MRI, enabling in vivo "virtual dissection" of white matter pathways. We introduce key concepts, present arguments for and against this statement, and, as advocates of tractography, highlight its value while acknowledging the strengths of both approaches.
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Brain Structure & Function publishes research that provides insight into brain structure−function relationships. Studies published here integrate data spanning from molecular, cellular, developmental, and systems architecture to the neuroanatomy of behavior and cognitive functions. Manuscripts with focus on the spinal cord or the peripheral nervous system are not accepted for publication. Manuscripts with focus on diseases, animal models of diseases, or disease-related mechanisms are only considered for publication, if the findings provide novel insight into the organization and mechanisms of normal brain structure and function.
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