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Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Analysis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on: July 28, 2013
Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging and fiber-tracking diffusion tensor tractography in the management of
Alessandro Landi1, Valeria Palmarini1, Alessandro D'Elia1
1Alessandro Landi, Valeria Palmarini, Alessandro D'Elia, Nicola Marotta, Maurizio Salvati, Antonio Santoro, Roberto Delfini, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Rome "Sapienza", 00181 Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Some specially imaging of magnetic resonance imaging, the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), the diffusion tensor imaging and fractional anisotropy (FA), are useful to described, detect, and map the extent of spinal cord lesions. FA measurements may are used to predicting the outcome of patients who have spinal cord lesions. Fiber tracking enable to visualizing the integrity of white matter tracts surrounding some lesions, and this information could be used to formulating a differential diagnosis and planning biopsies or resection. In this article, we will describe the current uses for DWI and fiber tracking and speculate on others in which we believe these techniques will be useful in the future.
