Published April 20, 2026 | Version 1.0.0
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ENIGMA Symmetric White Matter Tractography Atlas

Description

Overview
The ENIGMA Symmetric White Matter Tractography Atlas is a population-averaged tractography atlas comprising 65 white matter bundles, designed for large-scale diffusion MRI studies. The atlas was constructed from the HCP-1065 template [1] by combining bilateral bundles and applying the minimum direct flip distance (MDF) metric [2] to enforce uniform streamline density, thereby minimizing hemispheric asymmetry and reducing analytical biases arising from anatomical differences between the left and right hemispheres.

To achieve anatomically and functionally interpretable bundles, several tracts were redefined based on their cortical termination points. The thalamic radiation and corticostriatal tract were combined and then subdivided by the central sulcus. Similarly, the corticopontine tract and corpus callosum body were divided by the central sulcus. The final atlas encompasses 65 bundles across four white matter systems: 34 association, 16 projection (basal ganglia), 10 projection (brainstem), and 5 commissural tracts.
 

Atlas Versions:

  • Full (MDF threshold 0.5 mm): Uniform streamline density
  • Sparse (MDF threshold 1–2.5 mm): Reduced streamline density, optimized for DSI-Studio

Atlas Spaces:

  • MNI152_2mm: 2 mm isotropic, ICBM152 2009a space
  • MNI152_1mm: 1 mm isotropic, mni_icbm152_t1_tal_nlin_asym_09a

References:

  1. 1. F.-C. Yeh, "Population-based tract-to-region connectome of the human brain and its hierarchical topology," *Nat. Commun.*, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1–13, Aug. 2022.
  2. E. Garyfallidis, M. Brett, M. M. Correia, G. B. Williams, and I. Nimmo-Smith, "QuickBundles, a Method for Tractography Simplification," *Front. Neurosci.*, vol. 6, p. 175, Dec. 2012.

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Funding

National Institute of Mental Health
Global studies into the Genetic Architecture of the Brain's White Matter Network through Harmonized and Coordinated Analyses in the ENIGMA-Consortium R01MH134004
National Institute on Aging
Worldwide Tractometry Initiative to Investigate Brain Microstructure, Cognitive Impairment & Dementia in Parkinsons Disease RF1NS136995
National Institutes of Health
High Capacity, High Performance Storage System for Neuroscience S10OD032285