[White matter fiber tractography and quantitative analysis of diffusion tensor imaging]

Abstract

Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a noninvasive technique that can identify and quantify white matter tracts by evaluating the diffusion of water in biological tissues. While association fibers are bundles of axons within the brain that unite different parts of the same cerebral hemisphere, projection fibers are bundles of axons that unite the cortex with lower parts of the brain and the spinal cord. The commissural fibers are axon bundles that connect the two hemispheres of the brain. Quantitative analysis of DTI can be roughly classified into three types: region of interest analysis, tract-specific analysis, and fully automated hypothesis free whole brain analysis.