Statistical analysis of minimum cost path based structural brain connectivity

► SAMSCo: new framework for statistical analysis of structural brain connectivity. ► SAMSCo establishes connectivity by minimum cost paths (mcp) based on DWI. ► Anisotropy and diffusivity along mcp determine connection weights of mcp-network. ► mcp-networks can be used for prediction or classification. ► mcp-networks contain information regarding age and WM degeneration.