XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain.

We present a new software package with a library of standardised tractography protocols devised for the robust automated extraction of white matter tracts both in the human and the macaque brain. Using in vivo data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) and the UK Biobank and ex vivo data for the macaque brain datasets, we obtain white matter atlases, as well as atlases for tract endpoints on the white-grey matter boundary, for both species. We illustrate that our protocols are robust against data quality, generalisable across two species and reflect the known anatomy.

Dy-DOTA integrated mesoporous silica nanoparticles as promising ultrahigh field magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Integrating Dy-DOTA motifs into mesoporous silica nanoparticle scaffolds generates remarkable ultrahigh field T relaxivities for a well-defined and tailorable contrast agent, attributed to enhanced Curie outer-sphere contributions as supported by simulation.