Advanced Normalization Tools

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ANTs extracts information from complex datasets that include imaging. Paired with ANTsR (answer), ANTs is useful for managing, interpreting and visualizing multidimensional imaging data. ANTs is popularly considered a state-of-the-art medical image registration and segmentation toolkit. ANTsR is an emerging tool supporting standardized multimodality image analysis. ANTs depends on the Insight ToolKit (ITK), a widely used medical image processing library to which ANTs developers contribute.

Authors

Brian B. Avants - UPENN

Role: Creator, Algorithm Design, Implementation

Nicholas J. Tustison - UVA

Role: Compeller, Algorithm Design, Implementation Guru

Team: Gang Song (Originator), Jeffrey T. Duda (DTI), Hans J. Johnson (Large-Scale Application, Testing)

Methods

Image Registration

Diffeomorphisms: Translation, Rigid, Affine, SyN, Velocity

Image Segmentation

Atropos Multivar-EM Segmentation, N4 Bias Correction, DiReCT cortical thickness

Multivariate Analysis Eigenanatomy

Sparse PCA, Sparse CCA, Sparse Regression

ImageMath Useful!

morphology, GetLargestComponent, CCA, FillHoles ... much more!

Application Domains

Neuroimaging Multimodality

  • Structural MRI
  • Functional MRI
  • Network Analysis

Lung imaging Translational

  • Structure
  • Perfusion MRI
  • Branching
Background & Theory
Acclaim for Robustness & Other News

ANTs has won several competitions Unbiased & international

Learning about ANTs
  • Presentations: e.g. a Prezi about ANTs (WIP)
  • Reproducible science as a teaching tool: e.g. compilable ANTs tutorial (WIP)
  • Other examples slideshow
  • References
  • Google Scholar
  • Pubmed
  • ANTs was supported by: R01-EB006266-01