# TBSS

Tract-Based Spatial Statistics is a tool that uses FA maps to generate an FA skeleton. TBSS takes all FA maps for each subject in a dataset, registers those maps together, and generates a mean FA WM skeleton.

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[TBSS has a robust user guide that can help users through a variety of uses](https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/TBSS).

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