Vol 74, No 3 (2015)
Review article
Published online: 2015-09-02

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Future of the nerve fibres imaging: tractography application and development directions

M. Krakowiak, P. Słoniewski, J. Dzierżanowski, T. Szmuda
DOI: 10.5603/FM.2015.0044
Pubmed: 26339808
Folia Morphol 2015;74(3):290-294.

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.