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2023

2022

  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix 3.0.4 release

    We are pleased to announce the immediate release of MRtrix 3.0.4. This is a bug fix release – this should not affect ongoing studies, other than in exceptionally rare circumstances. We recommend users upgrade as soon as practical, using the...


  • @jdtournier

    Registrations for 4th MRtrix workshop are now live!

    We are pleased to announce that the MRtrix workshop is now open for registrations! Please visit our website for full details and a link to the registration page. Hope to see many of you there! All the best, The MRtrix3...


  • @jdtournier

    Next MRtrix3 workshop will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 13-16 June 2022!

    Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that will be hosting our fourth official MRtrix3 workshop in June in Edinburgh, Scotland. Note that this is the week prior to the annual meeting of the OHBM in Glasgow, which just a...


2021

  • @Lestropie

    ANZ ISMRM dMRI workshop

    Hi all, For those of you based in Australia or New Zealand, you may (hopefully?) have received notice that there is a diffusion MRI workshop occurring on Friday July 30, which will include yours truly doing a 90-minute interactive workshop...


  • @Lestropie

    MRtrix 3.0.3 release

    We are pleased to announce the immediate release of MRtrix 3.0.3. This is a bug fix release. We recommend users upgrade as soon as practical, using the instructions provided on our downloads pages (for precompiled packages), or the usual procedure...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 demo at ISMRM 2021

    Dear MRtrix users, We will be presenting a brief demonstration of MRtrix3 at the ISMRM meeting next week. If you’re registered and interested in an overview of what the software does, please join in! See the MRtrix website for full...


  • @jdtournier

    Apologies for loss of email service

    Hi everyone, We’ve just discovered that email notifications have not been sent out as expected since we performed the last forum software update on 11 March. This has now been rectified, and you should now be getting emails notifications normally...


2020

  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix 3.0.2 release

    We are pleased to announce the immediate release of MRtrix 3.0.2. This is primarily a bug fix release. We recommend users upgrade as soon as practical, using the instructions provided on our downloads pages (for precompiled packages), or the usual...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix 3.0.1 release

    We are pleased to announce the immediate release of MRtrix 3.0.1. This is primarily a bug fix release. We recommend users upgrade as soon as practical, using the instructions provided on our downloads pages (for precompiled packages), or the usual...


  • @Lestropie

    Seeking challenging DWI masking data

    Hi all, As part of the 2020 OHBM Hackathon, I’m intending to run a project where we will re-implement dwi2mask using an “algorithm”-based interface (i.e. like 5ttgen and dwi2response), so that different possibilities for deriving a brain mask from DWI...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix needs your help!

    Dear MRtrix users, We have a small favour to ask. MRtrix is free and open-source software, provided to support the clinical and scientific community in neuroimaging research. However, we have very few means to measure its impact. Therefore, we would...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix 3.0.0 has arrived!

    We are pleased to announce the immediate full release of MRtrix 3.0.0 - our first production release! :tada: This is the culmination of many years of work, and brings a large number of improvements and bug fixes. In particular, we...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 Sydney workshop CANCELLED

    Dear MRtrix3 users, With great regret, we have taken the decision to cancel the next MRtrix3 workshop, which we had planned for April 2020 in Sydney. We have been watching the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak, including recent statements...


  • @Lestropie

    Sydney workshop registration page online; opens March 3

    EDIT (2 March 2020): Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this workshop. See this post for details. G’day folks, The MRtrix3 workshop in April in Sydney, Australia, being held immediately prior to the ISMRM and hosted at NeuRA, now has...


  • @Lestropie

    MRtrix3 workshop to be held in Sydney, Australia in April 2020!

    EDIT (2 March 2020): Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this workshop. See this post for details. Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that will be hosting our next official MRtrix3 workshop in April in Sydney, Australia. This will...


  • @jdtournier

    Avoid version 3.0_RC4 -- not for deployment

    Hi all, It’s come to my attention that users have been installing the version tagged as 3.0_RC4 on GitHub. Please avoid this version, it was not intended for external use. I offer my sincere apologies for any confusion or inconvenience...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 workshop: Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil, February 8 - 12

    We are pleased to announce (somewhat belatedly!) that our 3rd MRtrix3 Workshop will be held in Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil from February 8th to 12th, 2020. This is the first edition away from Europe, and will be part of the...


2019

  • @bjeurissen

    2nd MRtrix3 Workshop Report

    Hi all! In September, we organized the “2nd MRtrix3 Workshop” in Antwerp. During this intensive 5-day course, more than 60 neuroscientists, radiologists, psychologists, engineers, and other medical imaging specialists from 18 different countries gathered to (learn to) analyze their data...


  • @bjeurissen

    MRtrix3 workshop: Antwerp, September 9-13

    We are excited to announce that the registration for the second MRtrix3 workshop is now open! This year’s workshop will be held in Antwerp, Belgium: date & time: 9am Monday 9 till 2pm Friday 13 September 2019 location: University of...


  • @Lestropie

    MRtrix3 manuscript pre-print available!

    Greetings all! We are very pleased to announce that a manuscript for MRtrix3 is now available as a pre-print! :confetti_ball: :champagne: This article focuses on MRtrix3 as a general-purpose platform for medical image processing and visualisation, describing all of those...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 workshop will be held in Antwerp, Belgium in September 2019!

    Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that will be hosting our second official MRtrix3 workshop in September in Antwerp, Belgium. While we are currently finalising the details of the event, we are making the announcement now to allow potential...


2018

  • @martahedl

    MRtrix tutorial available on OSF

    Hi to all MRtrix3 users! I just wanted to share some resources with you: At this year’s MICCAI conference, there was a contest on the best tutorial. For that, I wrote a step-by-step tutorial on MRtrix3, which explains how you...


  • @jdtournier

    Social event in Paris

    Hi all, If you’re still around in Paris on Saturday, come and join us at the QMenta-sponsored MRtrix3 workshop social event! Open to all, whether registered or not. All the best from the MRtrix3 team! View comments on the community...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 workshop in Paris: last minute details

    To all users registered for the upcoming MRtrix3 workshop in Paris: We look forward to welcoming you in Paris! We have put together what we hope will be an interesting and stimulating programme to demonstrate as much of the software...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix 3.0 (release candidate 3)

    We are pleased to announce the immediate release of our third release candidate, tagged as 3.0_RC3, which brings a large number of improvements and bug fixes. We recommend users upgrade as soon as practical, using the usual procedure, with an...


  • @jdtournier

    OHBM attendees: request for presenter

    Hello everyone, I apologise for the somewhat unusual request, but we need your help. We’ve been invited to present MRtrix3 at the next meeting of the OHBM in Singapore, in the Open Science Room that will be run by the...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 workshop Registration deadline extended

    Hi everyone, Some of you will have noticed that the original deadline for registration to the MRtrix3 workshop (1 April) has been and gone. However, there are still some places left, so we have now extended the registration deadline for...


  • @jdtournier

    Registrations for workshop will close on April 1

    Hi all, Just a quick reminder that registrations for our upcoming workshop in Paris will close on Sunday 1 April at midnight CET. There are still places available, but if you’re interested in coming, please register before the deadline! All...


  • @jdtournier

    Tickets for the MRtrix3 workshop are now on sale!

    Please head over to our registration site now to book your place on the workshop - only 80 places available! See the main announcement for full details. View comments on the community site


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 workshop registration page is live

    Just a quick note that the registration site for the MRtrix3 workshop is now live at this address: https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/event/mrtrix3-workshop-paris Registration will open in just a few hours, on Tuesday 13 Feb at 22:00 CET – only 80 places, make sure...


  • @jdtournier

    Announcing the first MRtrix3 workshop: Paris, June 22-24

    We are very excited to announce that the first official MRtrix3 workshop will be held this year in Paris, France (June 22-24), immediately after the main ISMRM meeting. This 2½ day hands-on workshop will cover the theory and practice of...


2017

  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 workshop will be held in Paris after ISMRM 2018!

    Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that will be hosting our first official MRtrix3 workshop after next year’s ISMRM in Paris. While details of the venue are yet to be confirmed, we are making the announcement now to allow...


  • @thijsdhollander

    MRtrix 3.0 (release candidate 2)

    The last few months of work have resulted in another batch of updated features. The most important changes motivating this second release candidate relate to the bias field correction and intensity normalisation process previously performed by the mtbin command, which...


  • @Lestropie

    Dwipreproc and inter-protocol motion

    Hi all, There is an ongoing issue / discussion around the dwipreproc script, particularly with regards to a common use case: combination of the -rpe_pair and -se_epi options to provide reversed phase-encode spin-echo images with which to estimate the inhomogeneity...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 version 3.0 (release candidate 1)

    MRtrix3 is finally about to come out of beta status and hit full release! This is the first release candidate for our forthcoming version 3.0 of MRtrix3, the result of many months of work, with many new features and improvements...


  • @rtabbara

    Community forum: New tags and accepted solutions

    Hello MRtrixers, We’ve now included support to incorporate tags when composing a new topic on the MRtrix forum. We strongy encourage you to use tags, as associating your post with a few keywords should greatly help with its overall visibility...


2016

  • @Lestropie

    Reproducible Neuroscience at Stanford University

    Hello MRtrixers, In the spirit of increased public engagement, I thought I’d let everybody know about what’s been happening in the MRtrix3 universe of late. Last week, myself and @Dave attended the coding sprint for the Stanford Centre for Reproducible...


  • @Lestropie

    Scripts: Help pages and algoritms

    Hi all, I’ve just pushed some more changes to the Python scripts and scripting library provided with MRtrix3. I thought that in addition to highlighting those changes, I’d also take the chance to draw attention to some of the work...


  • @jdtournier

    ISMRM Diffusion MRI Workshop: 12-16 September, 2016

    The next ISMRM Diffusion MRI Workshop “Breaking Barriers in Diffusion MRI” is coming up! This will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 12-16. It’s a great forum to meet and share ideas with each other and leaders in the...


  • @Lestropie

    MRtrix3 version incremented to 0.3.15

    Hi MRtrixers, I’ve just pushed a whole load of changes to the master branch of the GitHub repository. Since there’s quite a few things in there that influence either the interfaces to commands, or the default behaviour of certain operations,...


  • @Lestropie

    Heuristic scaling of connectome edge strengths

    Hi all, Since this topic has arisen in a number of separate discussions recently, I thought I’d post some semi-coherent ramblings regarding the available scaling mechanisms in the tck2connectome command. Note that these are personal opinions and are not necessarily...


  • @jdtournier

    About the Blog category

    Blogs from the MRtrix3 team and collaborators! View comments on the community site


  • @draffelt

    Image registration and fixel-based analysis now available in MRtrix!

    We are proud to announce that MRtrix now includes commands for image registration and fixel-based analysis! Image registration The new mrregister command can be used to perform robust rigid, linear and non-linear registration. In a similar vein to Avants et...


  • @jdtournier

    Bug in FSL bvecs handling

    We have recently identified a bug in our import & export of FSL-style bvecs files. This caused a flip of the x component for some (but not all) images, leading to grossly incorrect fibre orientations and tractography. While most users...


  • @rtabbara

    Scheduled maintenance

    Hi, Just letting everyone know that the MRtrix community forum will be offline for maintenance this upcoming Friday 8th April between 10am-12pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time). Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Cheers, Rami View comments on...


  • @jdtournier

    Major update to MRtrix3

    We have just pushed a major update for MRtrix3, constituting over a year’s work from the developers in preparation for the official software release. Most of these changes will in fact be transparent to users: invoking commands, processing data etc....


  • @jdtournier

    Mrtrix.org is now live!

    MRtrix3 now has a new website! After some earlier struggles, we have switched to GitHub Pages for improved security and simpler content management. This site will act as a central portal for the various MRtrix3-related activities: downloading and installing MRtrix3...


  • @jdtournier

    MRtrix3 has a new forum!

    We have set up a new forum for MRtrix3, which we hope will provide a much better experience for our users than the current Google+ community page. This new forum is powered by Discourse, and provides vastly improved features. You...


  • @jdtournier

    About the announcements category

    This category is for announcements from the MRtrix3 team. Only MRtrix3 team members can create topics in this category. View comments on the community site