A hitchhiker's guide to diffusion tensor imaging

JM Soares, P Marques, V Alves, N Sousa - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) studies are increasingly popular among clinicians and
researchers as they provide unique insights into brain network connectivity. However, in …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion tensor imaging and beyond

JD Tournier, S Mori, A Leemans - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diffusion of water molecules inside organic tissues is often anisotropic (1). Namely, if
there are aligned structures in the tissue, the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water …

Pushing spatial and temporal resolution for functional and diffusion MRI in the Human Connectome Project

K Uğurbil, J Xu, EJ Auerbach, S Moeller, AT Vu… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Human Connectome Project (HCP) relies primarily on three complementary
magnetic resonance (MR) methods. These are: 1) resting state functional MR imaging …

Automated probabilistic reconstruction of white-matter pathways in health and disease using an atlas of the underlying anatomy

A Yendiki, P Panneck, P Srinivasan… - Frontiers in …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
We have developed a method for automated probabilistic reconstruction of a set of major
white-matter pathways from diffusion-weighted MR images. Our method is called TRACULA …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain

AL Alexander, JE Lee, M Lazar, AS Field - Neurotherapeutics, 2007 - Elsevier
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a promising method for characterizing microstructural
changes or differences with neuropathology and treatment. The diffusion tensor may be …

Reproducibility of quantitative tractography methods applied to cerebral white matter

S Wakana, A Caprihan, MM Panzenboeck, JH Fallon… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows visualization of white matter
tracts. In this study, protocols to reconstruct eleven major white matter tracts are described …

[HTML][HTML] Principles of diffusion tensor imaging and its applications to basic neuroscience research

S Mori, J Zhang - Neuron, 2006 - cell.com
The brain contains more than 100 billion neurons that communicate with each other via
axons for the formation of complex neural networks. The structural mapping of such …

Networks of anatomical covariance

AC Evans - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Functional imaging or diffusion-weighted imaging techniques are widely used to understand
brain connectivity at the systems level and its relation to normal neurodevelopment …

An introduction to diffusion tensor image analysis

LJ O'Donnell, CF Westin - Neurosurgery Clinics, 2011 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI) is a relatively new technology that is
popular for imaging the white matter of the brain. This article provides a basic and broad …

Diffusion spectrum magnetic resonance imaging (DSI) tractography of crossing fibers

VJ Wedeen, RP Wang, JD Schmahmann, T Benner… - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
MRI tractography is the mapping of neural fiber pathways based on diffusion MRI of tissue
diffusion anisotropy. Tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) cannot directly …