Dear DTI experts,
I am trying to understand how to interpret tract length & volume measurements that TRACULA provides. For example, let’s say a clinical population differs from a control group in mean FA of a particular tract, and tract length & volume are comparable across the 2 groups. I think this would support the notion that the tract’s diffusion properties are indeed different across the two groups and that the FA finding are unlikely to be an artifact of probabilistic tractography. Is this a correct interpretation? Conversely, if group differences in tract volumes were detected, would you recommend comparing mean FA across the two group while covarying for tract volume?
Thanks!