Visualization of Orientation Distribution Functions (ODFs) with MATLAB

Abstract

In this work we present a MATLAB based toolkit for the visualization of Orientation Distribution Functions (ODFs), reconstructed from multi-directional diffusion weighted MRI data. The toolkit enables software developers to visualize ODFs interactively during the evaluation and the creation of new algorithms and techniques directly in MATLAB. The MATLAB integration facilitates the alteration of the visualized data by employing user developed routines or MATLAB specific features.