Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diffusion Tensor Tractography: Evaluation of Anatomic Accuracy of Different Fiber Tracking Software Packages

• Published in: World neurosurgery Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 144 - 150
• Main Authors: Feigl, Guenther C., Hiergeist, Wolfgang, Fellner, Claudia, Schebesch, Karl-Michael M., Doenitz, Christian, Finkenzeller, Thomas, Brawanski, Alexander, Schlaier, Juergen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Algorithms; Anatomic accuracy; Anisotropy; Brain mapping; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; DTI; Female; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Navigation; Nerve Fibers; Neural Pathways; Neurosurgery; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; Software; Surgery; Young Adult; TEND; Navigation; GTRACT; MRI; Brain mapping; FACT; SD; TE; Anatomic accuracy; Surgery; DTI; FA; TR; Tensor deflection; Guided Tensor Restore Anatomical Connectivity Tractography; Fiber Assignment Continuous Tracking; Repetition time; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Echo time; Standard deviation

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)–based tractography has become an integral part of preoperative diagnostic imaging in many neurosurgical centers, and other nonsurgical specialties depend increasingly on DTI tractography as a diagnostic tool. The aim of this study was to analyze the anatomic accuracy o...