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Future of the nerve fibres imaging: tractography application and development directions
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Abstract
Tractography is a tool available in a growing number of centres, to enable planning of neurosurgical interventions. This method has some drawbacks and due to its increasing availability is causing a growing controversy over the possibility of an anatomical mapping of the nerve fibres. This article aims at summarising the application of the diffusion magnetic resonance in contemporary neurosurgery method, showing the usefulness and merits of its performance before surgical procedures, limitation of its application and recommendations for its improvement and more effective use for diagnostic purposes.
Abstract
Tractography is a tool available in a growing number of centres, to enable planning of neurosurgical interventions. This method has some drawbacks and due to its increasing availability is causing a growing controversy over the possibility of an anatomical mapping of the nerve fibres. This article aims at summarising the application of the diffusion magnetic resonance in contemporary neurosurgery method, showing the usefulness and merits of its performance before surgical procedures, limitation of its application and recommendations for its improvement and more effective use for diagnostic purposes.
Keywords
diffusion tensor imaging, neurosurgery, nerve fibres imaging
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Future of the nerve fibres imaging: tractography application and development directions
Journal
Issue
Article type
Review article
Pages
290-294
Published online
2015-09-02
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DOI
10.5603/FM.2015.0044
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Bibliographic record
Folia Morphol 2015;74(3):290-294.
Keywords
diffusion tensor imaging
neurosurgery
nerve fibres imaging
Authors
M. Krakowiak
P. Słoniewski
J. Dzierżanowski
T. Szmuda
