What is tractography - and why is it important? The brain is a highly complex network of nerve cells interconnected by delicate pathways - known as nerve fibers or tracts. These connections are ...

Right now, as you're reading this, lightning-fast instructions are racing through the fibres of your brain. Regulating your breathing. Keeping your core temperature stable. Comprehending the words on ...

Magnetic resonance tractography (MRT) is a valuable, noninvasive imaging tool for studying human brain anatomy and, as MRT methods and technologies advance, has the potential to yield new and ...

Explore how diffusion MRI tractography may lack the anatomical accuracy of brain connections, questioning its reliability for mapping white matter. The creation of a comprehensive map of the ...

This colorful brain scan is a 3-D model created by tractography, which uses data collected with diffusion weighted MRI to map the brain's white matter. Each line represents a bundle of nerve fibers ...

UT Southwestern physicians have developed an improved targeting method, four-tract tractography, to personalize MRI-guided, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) used at UTSW to treat medication ...

A technique called high-definition fiber tractography (HDFT) provides a powerful new tool for tracing the course of nerve fiber connections within the brain—with the potential to improve the accuracy ...

Automated whole-brain tractography and patient-specific bundles of interest to assist neurosurgeons during treatment Historically, it has taken significant time for surgeons to manually generate ...