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Study of white matter anatomy and 3D tract reconstruction by diffusion tensor imaging
Author(s) -
Faria Andreia V.,
Oishi Kenichi,
Mori Susumu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of imaging systems and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1098-1098
pISSN - 0899-9457
DOI - 10.1002/ima.20226
Subject(s) - diffusion mri , tractography , white matter , computer science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , psychology , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , radiology
“Diffusion Tensor Imaging” (DTI) has the unique capability to represent the macroscopic white matter architecture. Based on DTI, tractography is able to render 3D trajectories of tracts. There are no other technique that can produce equivalent anatomical information, and, thus, tractography is a powerful method to investigate human brain anatomy. Here, we present an overview of the principles, advantages, shortcomings and possibilities of these methods. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Imaging Syst Technol, 20, 51–56, 2010