Dear Julio, Thank you for advertising here. Such a great research topic! This is also an opportunity for me to say that tractometry is something that we really care about and have been pushing forward from 2008! When there was not even a name for this domain. We were simply calling it "along the tracts statistics (for severe tissue damage)". Lol. All sorts of technologies had to be developed here (QuickBundles, RecoBundles, BundleWarp) and in other teams around the globe to get to a stage where tractometry became useful. And now the results are often better and more robust than ever expected. A great change in the way people analyze dMRI data and hopefully a new path for future research in Neuroscience, Neurology and beyond. For those who want to submit a paper and care more about the application side of things ... You guys can simply start building on top of BUAN (our bundle analytics framework aka tractometry framework) as it is already available in DIPY. AFQ is now also an option in BUAN. Because the new AFQ uses some of BUAN's tech. Our bundle analytics framework is overall quite fast, modular and flexible. Link to our command line interfaces (CLIs) https://dipy.org/documentation/1.7.0/interfaces/buan_flow/ Link to our tutorials https://dipy.org/documentation/1.7.0/examples_built/#streamlines-analysis-an... We are also interested in building synergies with scientists/engineers who want to extend DIPY with new tractometry algorithms. Be happy to brainstorm in this thread or contact us directly. This synergy can lead to some cool advances and hopefully a paper in this special section in Frontiers. Finally, tractometry often needs access to cloud services and we have been extending DIPY to work across multiple nodes etc. If you are using BUAN in your clusters please provide feedback for improvements. We have some scripts that allow BUAN to run in ENIGMA or similar large computer networks that we can share. Happy hacking and publishing! Best regards, Elef On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 11:03 PM Julio Villalon <Julio.Villalon@ini.usc.edu> wrote:

Dear Neuroimagers,

I hope this email finds you well. I am writing as the co-editor of the recently launched Research Topic, *"Methods and Applications of Diffusion MRI Tractometry"*, published with * Frontiers in Neuroscience*. We are excited to bring together a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research in the field of diffusion MRI tractometry, and we believe your knowledge and expertise could greatly contribute to the success of this endeavor.

This Research Topic focuses on exploring the versatile applications of diffusion MRI tractometry in neuroscience. It seeks contributions that utilize tractometry techniques, showcase their relevance in various research fields, and highlight their use in studying brain connectivity and neurological conditions.

Key areas of interest: Applications in neurological, psychiatric, and developmental disorders and in studying stroke, brain injuries, and the relationship between white matter tracts, behavior, cognitive function, and longitudinal assessments of disease progression or age-related changes in white matter connectivity.

Benefits of Participation: By contributing to this research topic, your work will be published in *Frontiers in Neuroscience*, a reputable journal with an Impact Factor of 4.3 and a CiteScore of 6.8. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your expertise and research findings to a wide audience in the field.

Important Details: For further information about the editorial team, article types, and submission deadlines, please visit our topic's webpage: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/56719 <https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/56719/methods-and-applications-of-diffusion-mri-tractometry>. Should you have any questions or need additional clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me. Your insights and inquiries are highly valued.

<https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/56719/methods-and-applications-of-diffusion-mri-tractometry> Methods and Applications of Diffusion MRI Tractometry <https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/56719/methods-and-applications-of-diffusion-mri-tractometry> www.frontiersin.org

Guest Editors:

- Kurt G Schilling <https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/986735/overview?utm_source=F-RTM&utm_medium=CFP&utm_campaign=PRD_CFP_T1_TE-NAME> - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States

- Julio Ernesto Villalón-Reina <https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/192156/overview?utm_source=F-RTM&utm_medium=CFP&utm_campaign=PRD_CFP_T1_TE-NAME> - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States

- Bramsh Qamar Chandio <https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2360244/overview?utm_source=F-RTM&utm_medium=CFP&utm_campaign=PRD_CFP_T1_TE-NAME> - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States

Kind Regards,

Julio Ernesto Villalón-Reina, MD, PhD Topic Editor, Brain Imaging Methods Section, Frontiers in Neuroscience On behalf of the Topic Editors.