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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MrTrixers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have just completed tractography of the fornix on a large cohort of controls/patients.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a clear FA difference between groups, but I also found an unexpected side difference in the controls (#of streamlines/voxels)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is a very clear difference that was even obvious before the stats, when I was just looking at the tracts. I also did everything anonymized, so it would seem that the fact the controls are showing this difference is not due to any biases.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Should I take this size issue seriously, and if so, how exactly do I interpret the #of streamlines/voxels. Can I treat it as tract volume?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks !!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">z<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Eva Zita Patai<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Postdoctoral Research Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">UCL, Institute of Child Health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:e.patai@ucl.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">e.patai@ucl.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">020 7905 2730<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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