Chiara Maffei

Diffusion MRI tractography below 750 µm resolves the dorsal superior longitudinal fasciculus into layered fiber systems of varying length, matching macaque tracing; 1.5 mm tractography misses this.

The paper presents a multimodal imaging pipeline that combines diffusion MRI and high-resolution X-ray microscopy to map the human connectome across multiple scales.

This paper uses HiP-CT to image microstructural fiber orientations in the human brain, showing greater complexity than dMRI while being non-destructive.

This paper presents the first extensive reconstruction of human subcortical fiber pathways using ultra-high-resolution dMRI, providing a high-definition atlas with clinical applications.

This paper presents high-resolution diffusion MRI data from macaque and human brains, enabling detailed mapping of axonal architecture and microstructure.

This paper introduces a deep-learning method for segmenting fiber bundles in histological tracing data, achieving 80% true positive rate with limited manual labels.

The paper identifies monosynaptic and disynaptic connections of the amygdala with salience and default mode networks in macaques and translates findings to human diffusion MRI.

This paper introduces a method to measure 3D fiber orientation in the human brain using two illumination angles in PS-OCT, achieving high angular precision and detailed 3D maps.

The paper maps brainstem connections sustaining wakefulness using ex vivo diffusion MRI, immunohistochemistry, and in vivo 7 Tesla functional MRI.

This paper introduces a Bayesian segmentation algorithm for thalamic nuclei using diffusion MRI and an improved histological atlas, showing improved accuracy in identifying nuclei and detecting Alzheimer's disease involvement.

The paper identifies the rostral zona incerta as a subcortical hub with dense connections to cognitive control areas and the lateral habenula, suggesting it as a potential target for deep brain stimulation in OCD.

The paper evaluates tractography methods using a macaque dataset to determine optimal approaches for mapping brain pathways from multi-shell diffusion MRI.

The paper investigates how early blindness affects brain networks involved in spatial hearing, finding enhanced motion direction coding in hMT+/V5 and reduced coding in hPT in blind individuals.

This study improves automated white-matter tractography in lower-quality diffusion MRI data by training on high-quality Connectom data and manually annotated pathways.

This study validates compressed sensing for DSI reconstruction, showing high fidelity at R=3 with reduced acquisition time, but degradation at higher acceleration factors.

This study identifies direct white matter connections between auditory and visual motion-selective brain regions in humans, proposing a new anatomical pathway called the middle occipito-temporal track.

This study assesses the reproducibility of manual segmentation of the pyramidal tract in diffusion MRI tractography across experts and non-experts, finding voxel-wise measures more reproducible than streamline-wise ones.

This study examines structural connectivity changes in the face-voice system in early deaf individuals compared to hearing controls, finding preserved macrostructural connections but altered microstructural properties.