Ravi Bansal

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Affiliation: Columbia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Using Perturbation theory to reduce noise in diffusion tensor fields
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Image Anal 13:580-97. 2009
  2. ncbi Calculation of the confidence intervals for transformation parameters in the registration of medical images
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Image Anal 13:215-33. 2009
  3. ncbi ROC-based assessments of 3D cortical surface-matching algorithms
    Ravi Bansal
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 24:150-62. 2005
  4. ncbi Hippocampus and amygdala morphology in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Kerstin J Plessen
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:795-807. 2006
  5. ncbi Unifying the analyses of anatomical and diffusion tensor images using volume-preserved warping
    Dongrong Xu
    MRI Unit, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    J Magn Reson Imaging 25:612-24. 2007
  6. ncbi Morphologic features of the amygdala and hippocampus in children and adults with Tourette syndrome
    Bradley S Peterson
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1281-91. 2007
  7. ncbi Seamless warping of diffusion tensor fields
    Dongrong Xu
    MRI Unit, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 27:285-99. 2008
  8. ncbi Techniques for in utero, longitudinal MRI of fetal brain development in baboons at 3T
    Feng Liu
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Methods 50:147-56. 2010
  9. ncbi Statistical analyses of brain surfaces using Gaussian random fields on 2-D manifolds
    Ravi Bansal
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 26:46-57. 2007
  10. ncbi Neuropsychological near normality and brain structure abnormality in schizophrenia
    Bruce E Wexler
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 166:189-95. 2009

Detail Information

Publications43

  1. ncbi Using Perturbation theory to reduce noise in diffusion tensor fields
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Image Anal 13:580-97. 2009
    ....
  2. ncbi Calculation of the confidence intervals for transformation parameters in the registration of medical images
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Image Anal 13:215-33. 2009
    ..Thus, our method precisely quantified confidence in the registration of images that contain varying amounts of misregistration and varying anatomy across individuals...
  3. ncbi ROC-based assessments of 3D cortical surface-matching algorithms
    Ravi Bansal
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 24:150-62. 2005
    ..The GD and NN algorithms, moreover, are both vulnerable to detecting false-positive activations at points of high curvature, particularly along large fissures, cisterns, and cortical sulci...
  4. ncbi Hippocampus and amygdala morphology in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Kerstin J Plessen
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:795-807. 2006
    ..Disrupted connections between the amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex may contribute to behavioral disinhibition. Our findings suggest involvement of the limbic system in the pathophysiology of ADHD...
  5. ncbi Unifying the analyses of anatomical and diffusion tensor images using volume-preserved warping
    Dongrong Xu
    MRI Unit, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    J Magn Reson Imaging 25:612-24. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Morphologic features of the amygdala and hippocampus in children and adults with Tourette syndrome
    Bradley S Peterson
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1281-91. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi Seamless warping of diffusion tensor fields
    Dongrong Xu
    MRI Unit, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 27:285-99. 2008
    ..Once the bijection has been achieved and tensors have been correctly relocated to the template space, we can appropriately reorient tensors in the template space using a warping method based on Procrustean estimation...
  8. ncbi Techniques for in utero, longitudinal MRI of fetal brain development in baboons at 3T
    Feng Liu
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Methods 50:147-56. 2010
    ..In conclusion, in utero MRI of fetal baboon brains greatly enhances the use of nonhuman primate models to study fetal brain development longitudinally...
  9. ncbi Statistical analyses of brain surfaces using Gaussian random fields on 2-D manifolds
    Ravi Bansal
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 26:46-57. 2007
    ....
  10. ncbi Neuropsychological near normality and brain structure abnormality in schizophrenia
    Bruce E Wexler
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 166:189-95. 2009
    ....
  11. ncbi The ellipsoidal area ratio: an alternative anisotropy index for diffusion tensor imaging
    Dongrong Xu
    MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Magn Reson Imaging 27:311-23. 2009
    ....
  12. ncbi Enlargement of thalamic nuclei in Tourette syndrome
    Ann M Miller
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:955-64. 2010
    ..Previous imaging studies have shown modifications of the basal ganglia and cortical targets in individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS), but less is known regarding the role of the thalamus in TS pathogenesis...
  13. ncbi Automated artifact detection and removal for improved tensor estimation in motion-corrupted DTI data sets using the combination of local binary patterns and 2D partial least squares
    Zhenyu Zhou
    MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Magn Reson Imaging 29:230-42. 2011
    ..g., the bootstrapping estimation) that use univariate or multivariate regression methods to fit MRI data to a pre-specified model...
  14. ncbi Cerebellar morphology in Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Russell H Tobe
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Ann Neurol 67:479-87. 2010
    ..Few studies, however, have investigated the role of the cerebellum in Tourette syndrome (TS), a condition defined by the presence of semi-involuntary movements and sounds...
  15. ncbi A statistical framework for the classification of tensor morphologies in diffusion tensor images
    Hongtu Zhu
    MRI Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, USA
    Magn Reson Imaging 24:569-82. 2006
    ..We also show that the P values for test statistics are more sensitive tools for classifying tensor morphologies than are invariant measures of anisotropy alone...
  16. ncbi Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging: The coordinated use of multiple, mutually informative probes to understand brain structure and function
    Xuejun Hao
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
    Hum Brain Mapp 34:253-71. 2013
    ..Hum Brain Mapp, 2013. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc...
  17. ncbi Basal ganglia surface morphology and the effects of stimulant medications in youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
    Loren J Sobel
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:977-86. 2010
    ..The authors examined the morphologic features of the basal ganglia nuclei (caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus) in children with ADHD...
  18. ncbi Anatomical brain images alone can accurately diagnose chronic neuropsychiatric illnesses
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e50698. 2012
    ....
  19. ncbi Voxel-wise comparisons of the morphology of diffusion tensors across groups of experimental subjects
    Ravi Bansal
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Psychiatry Res 156:225-45. 2007
    ..Finally, analyses of in vivo DT data using our method reveal significant between-group differences in diffusivity along fiber tracts within white matter, whereas analyses based on FA values failed to detect some of these differences...
  20. ncbi Study of the development of fetal baboon brain using magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla
    Feng Liu
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuroimage 40:148-59. 2008
    ..This protocol for in utero MRI of fetal baboon brains will help to advance the use of nonhuman primate models to study fetal brain development longitudinally...
  21. ncbi Correction of eddy-current distortions in diffusion tensor images using the known directions and strengths of diffusion gradients
    Jiancheng Zhuang
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
    J Magn Reson Imaging 24:1188-93. 2006
    ..To correct eddy-current artifacts in diffusion tensor (DT) images without the need to obtain auxiliary scans for the sole purpose of correction...
  22. ncbi Relationship of resting EEG with anatomical MRI measures in individuals at high and low risk for depression
    Gerard E Bruder
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 33:1325-33. 2012
    ..Thus, alpha asymmetry, alone or in combination with MRI, may be a marker of vulnerability for a familial form of depression...
  23. ncbi MRI hippocampal and entorhinal cortex mapping in predicting conversion to Alzheimer's disease
    D P Devanand
    Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, USA
    Neuroimage 60:1622-9. 2012
    ..Using MRI surface morphometry mapping, to evaluate local deformations of the hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, and entorhinal cortex in predicting conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD)...
  24. ncbi Identification of a circuit-based endophenotype for familial depression
    Marc Dubin
    The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Psychiatry Res 201:175-81. 2012
    ..These findings support a model of pathogenesis in which hypoplasia within a neural network for attention and emotional processing predisposes to depression...
  25. ncbi Correlates of intellectual ability with morphology of the hippocampus and amygdala in healthy adults
    Jose A Amat
    The Division of Child Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Brain Cogn 66:105-14. 2008
    ..These findings suggest that a smaller anterior hippocampus contributes to an increased efficiency of neural processing that subserves overall intelligence...
  26. ncbi Improving the correction of eddy current-induced distortion in diffusion-weighted images by excluding signals from the cerebral spinal fluid
    Wei Liu
    Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
    Comput Med Imaging Graph 36:542-51. 2012
    ..Experiments demonstrated that our method is robust with high accuracy and error tolerance, and outperforms other ICC-family algorithms and popular approaches currently in use...
  27. ncbi Cortical thinning in persons at increased familial risk for major depression
    Bradley S Peterson
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:6273-8. 2009
    ..These findings suggest that cortical thinning in the right hemisphere produces disturbances in arousal, attention, and memory for social stimuli, which in turn may increase the risk of developing depressive illness...
  28. ncbi Latent volumetric structure of the human brain: Exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling of gray matter volumes in healthy children and adults
    Tiziano Colibazzi
    The New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia College of Physician and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 29:1302-12. 2008
    ..These modeling techniques may prove useful in the future for the study of structural networks in disease populations...
  29. ncbi Brain anomalies in children exposed prenatally to a common organophosphate pesticide
    Virginia A Rauh
    Heilbrunn Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:7871-6. 2012
    ..This study reports significant associations of prenatal exposure to a widely used environmental neurotoxicant, at standard use levels, with structural changes in the developing human brain...
  30. ncbi Neuroanatomical correlates of intellectual ability across the life span
    Suzanne Goh
    Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032, United States
    Dev Cogn Neurosci 1:305-12. 2011
    ....
  31. ncbi Brain morphometry using anatomical magnetic resonance imaging
    Ravi Bansal
    The authors are with the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:619-21. 2008
  32. ncbi Cortisol levels and hippocampus volumes in healthy preadolescent children
    Christoph P Wiedenmayer
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 60:856-61. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to examine possible associations of serum cortisol levels with hippocampal volumes and morphology in healthy children...
  33. ncbi Age, rapid-cycling, and pharmacotherapy effects on ventral prefrontal cortex in bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional study
    Hilary P Blumberg
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 59:611-8. 2006
    ..However, the developmental trajectory of VPFC morphological abnormalities in BD is unknown. This study investigated potential age-dependent volume abnormalities in VPFC in BD...
  34. ncbi Altered interhemispheric connectivity in individuals with Tourette's disorder
    Kerstin J Plessen
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 74, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:2028-37. 2004
    ..Reduced inhibitory input may in turn enhance prefrontal excitation, thus helping to control tics and possibly contributing to the cortical hyperexcitatibility reported previously in patients with Tourette's disorder...
  35. ncbi Annual research review: progress in using brain morphometry as a clinical tool for diagnosing psychiatric disorders
    Alexander Haubold
    Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 53:519-35. 2012
    ..Although these methods have not yet been applied within clinical settings, they provide strong evidence that individual patients can be diagnosed accurately using the spatial pattern of disturbances across the brain...
  36. ncbi Sex differences in cortical thickness mapped in 176 healthy individuals between 7 and 87 years of age
    Elizabeth R Sowell
    Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7334, USA
    Cereb Cortex 17:1550-60. 2007
    ..Given the large sample and the large range of ages studied, these results help to address controversies in the study of central nervous system sexual dimorphisms...
  37. ncbi Entropy-based dual-portal-to-3-DCT registration incorporating pixel correlation
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8042, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 22:29-49. 2003
    ..However, as the prostate can move with respect to the pelvic structure, further localization of the prostate using ultrasound image data is required, an issue to be further explored in future...
  38. ncbi A statistical analysis of brain morphology using wild bootstrapping
    Hongtu Zhu
    Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7420, USA
    IEEE Trans Med Imaging 26:954-66. 2007
    ..We demonstrate the application of this robust test procedure to the detection of statistically significant differences in the morphology of the hippocampus over time across gender groups in a large sample of healthy subjects...
  39. ncbi Thinning of sensorimotor cortices in children with Tourette syndrome
    Elizabeth R Sowell
    Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, 635 Charles Young Drive South, Suite 225, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
    Nat Neurosci 11:637-9. 2008
    ..Correlations of cortical thickness in sensorimotor regions with tic symptoms suggest that these brain regions are important in the pathogenesis of Tourette syndrome...
  40. ncbi A gradient feature weighted Minimax algorithm for registration of multiple portal images to 3DCT volumes in prostate radiotherapy
    Sudhakar Chelikani
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65:535-47. 2006
    ..With registration errors lower than 1 mm, margins may be scaled down to 4 mm without adversely affecting TCP and NTCP...
  41. ncbi A prospective randomized study to compare ultrasound-guided with nonultrasound-guided double lumen internal jugular catheter insertion as a temporary hemodialysis access
    Ravi Bansal
    Department of Nephrology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
    Ren Fail 27:561-4. 2005
    ..In this randomized study we compared the procedure success rate and periprocedural complications in patients undergoing ultrasound guided vs. nonultrasound guided IJVC insertion for a temporary hemodialysis access...
  42. ncbi Reduced white matter connectivity in the corpus callosum of children with Tourette syndrome
    Kerstin J Plessen
    Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:1013-22. 2006
    ....
  43. ncbi A comparison of radiation exposure with the conventional versus mini C arm in orthopedic extremity surgery
    Amer Shoaib
    Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry, SY10 7AG United Kingdom
    Foot Ankle Int 29:58-61. 2008
    ..It has been reported that this type of device has several advantages over a conventional C arm, the most important of which is a decreased level of radiation scatter to the surgeon...