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 data. ANTs is considered the leading medical image registration toolkit in the world. ANTsR is an emerging tool supporting standardized multimodality image analysis. ANTs depends on the Insight ToolKit (ITK), a popular medical image processing library.

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