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Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to Study Neuroanatomical Structures
Author(s) -
Wisco Jonathan J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.70.1
Subject(s) - diffusion mri , white matter , neuroscience , neuroanatomy , fiber tract , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , psychology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , psychiatry
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is becoming the preferred radiological method to assess and quantify white matter fiber tract integrity in the human brain. Its applications have been widespread in studies of normal aging, Alzheimer's Disease, schizophrenia and stroke, and in clinical improvements of pre‐surgical planning and post‐surgical assessment. DTI is also becoming the method of choice for studying functionally connected areas of cerebral cortex through the reconstruction of white matter fiber tracts. Anatomists have an important role of providing expert validation of DTI methodological development and its application to basic science and clinical problems. This talk will focus on the methodological basics of DTI and present examples of its applicability to the study of the neuroanatomy. Future directions for the role of anatomists in this field of research will be proposed.