Round Table October 13th, 2025 - Interdisciplinary Definitions - Perspectives & Future Directions

The IST interdisciplinary definitions network is seeking member input for shaping the strategy in tackling anatomical definitions. Comment below with answers to these questions that can help guide the discussion.

  • What is your scientific background? (e.g., neuroscience, computer science, clinical neurology, etc.)

  • How do you use tractography or tract-tracing methods in your work?

  • What do you want from a bundle definition? What essential information should it include?

  • What species and what scale are most relevant to your research or practice? (e.g., human macroscale, rodent microscale, etc.)

  • What data will you apply the definition to, if any? (e.g., HCP-style data, clinical scans, ex-vivo, etc.)

  • What is your dMRI use case, if any? (e.g., surgical planning, biomarker development, connectomics, etc.

  • What would you like defined in the future? Beyond internal capsule and top clinical tracts.

  • What scale should definitions include? Axons? Macroscale connectivity only? Other attributes? How do we describe bundles at different scales?

  • How much information about the complexity of axonal organization does the dMRI tractographer want to know?

  • Can tractography help define bundles? Can definitions help tractography in new ways in the future?

  • In the future, how could the Interdisciplinary Definitions Unit interact with other Units such as Standardization and others?