MR tractography: a review of its clinical applications

K Yamada, K Sakai, K Akazawa, S Yuen… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Magnetic resonance tractography based on diŠusion-tensor imaging was ˆrst introduced to
the medical imaging community a decade ago. It has been successfully applied to a number …

Diffusion-Tensor MR Imaging and Tractography: Exploring Brain Microstructure and Connectivity1

PGP Nucifora, R Verma, SK Lee, ER Melhem - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Diffusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is evolving into a potent tool in the examination
of the central nervous system. Although it is often used for the detection of acute ischemia …

Functional potential in chronic stroke patients depends on corticospinal tract integrity

CM Stinear, PA Barber, PR Smale, JP Coxon… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Determining whether a person with stroke has reached their full potential for recovery is
difficult. While techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and MRI have …

Structural integrity of corticospinal motor fibers predicts motor impairment in chronic stroke

R Lindenberg, V Renga, LL Zhu, F Betzler, D Alsop… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Motor impairment after stroke has been related to infarct size, infarct location, and
integrity of motor tracts. To determine the value of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) as a …

Lesion load of the corticospinal tract predicts motor impairment in chronic stroke

LL Zhu, R Lindenberg, MP Alexander, G Schlaug - Stroke, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Previous studies have shown motor impairment after a stroke
relates to lesion size and location, but unexplained variability in recovery still exists. In this …

Along-tract statistics allow for enhanced tractography analysis

JB Colby, L Soderberg, C Lebel, ID Dinov… - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Diffusion imaging tractography is a valuable tool for neuroscience researchers because it
allows the generation of individualized virtual dissections of major white matter tracts in the …

The optimal trackability threshold of fractional anisotropy for diffusion tensor tractography of the corticospinal tract

A Kunimatsu, S Aoki, Y Masutani, O Abe… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Purpose: In order to ensure that three-dimensional diffusion tensor tractography (3D-DTT) of
the corticospinal tract (CST), is performed accurately and efficiently, we set out to find the …

Non-invasive map** of corticofugal fibres from multiple motor areas—relevance to stroke recovery

JM Newton, NS Ward, GJM Parker, R Deichmann… - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Recovery of motor function after subcortical stroke appears to be related to the integrity of
descending connections from the ipsilesional cortical motor system, a view supported by the …

Combined use of tractography-integrated functional neuronavigation and direct fiber stimulation

K Kamada, T Todo, Y Masutani, S Aoki, K Ino… - Journal of …, 2005 - thejns.org
Object. The aim of this study was better preoperative planning and direct application to
intraoperative procedures through accurate coregistration of diffusion-tensor (DT) imaging …

Large animal ischemic stroke models: replicating human stroke pathophysiology

EE Kaiser, FD West - Neural regeneration research, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The high morbidity and mortality rate of ischemic stroke in humans has led to the
development of numerous animal models that replicate human stroke to further understand …