MRtrix3: A fast, flexible and open software framework for medical image processing and visualisation

J-Donald Tournier; Robert Smith; David Raffelt; Rami Tabbara; Thijs Dhollander; Maximilian Pietsch; Daan Christiaens; Ben Jeurissen; Chun-Hung Yeh; Alan Connelly

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116137

MRtrix3: A fast, flexible and open software framework for medical image processing and visualisation

Neuroimage. 2019 Nov 15:202:116137. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116137. Epub 2019 Aug 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jacques-donald.tournier@kcl.ac.uk.
² The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia; The Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁵ Imec-Vision Lab, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

PMID: 31473352
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116137

Abstract

MRtrix3 is an open-source, cross-platform software package for medical image processing, analysis and visualisation, with a particular emphasis on the investigation of the brain using diffusion MRI. It is implemented using a fast, modular and flexible general-purpose code framework for image data access and manipulation, enabling efficient development of new applications, whilst retaining high computational performance and a consistent command-line interface between applications. In this article, we provide a high-level overview of the features of the MRtrix3 framework and general-purpose image processing applications provided with the software.

Keywords: Image; MRI; Processing; Software; Visualisation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Neuroimaging*
Software Design*

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