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Normal Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based White Matter Anatomy

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In this chapter, an overview is given of how diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can be used to perform the reconstruction of three-dimensional white matter tracts. This chapter includes a brief description of the method and the applied measurement protocol. It also contains a section on two-dimensional anatomical views of DTI-derived fiber trajectories in all three standard radiological views using color maps and concludes with a three-dimensional representation of the major white matter tracts in the human cerebrum.

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Suggested Reading

  • Nieuwenhuys R, Voogd J, Van Huijzen C. The human central nervous system; a synopsis and atlas. New York: Springer; 1988. A great anatomical work of reference for brain anatomy.

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  1. Department of radiology and nuclear medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Bram Stieltjes MD, PhD

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  1. icometrix; Department of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Leuven, Antwerpen, Belgium

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  2. Departments of Translational MRI and Radiology, KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Louise Emsell

  3. Departments of Translational MRI and Radiology, KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Stefan Sunaert

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Stieltjes, B. (2016). Normal Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Based White Matter Anatomy. In: Van Hecke, W., Emsell, L., Sunaert, S. (eds) Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3118-7_12

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