White matter tractography for neurosurgical planning: A topography-based review of the current state of the art

• Published in: NeuroImage clinical Vol. 15; pp. 659 - 672
• Main Authors: Essayed, Walid I., Zhang, Fan, Unadkat, Prashin, Cosgrove, G. Rees, Golby, Alexandra J., O'Donnell, Lauren J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.01.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Brain Mapping - methods; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; Humans; Neurosurgery - methods; Neurosurgical planning; Neurosurgical Procedures - methods; Radiology; Review; Tractography; White matter; White Matter - diagnostic imaging; DES; DBS; DTT; Tractography; FN; FA; Review; White matter; Neurosurgical planning; WMT; Deep brain stimulation; Facial nerve; Direct tract targeting; White matter tractography; Fractional anisotropy; Direct electrical stimulation; FA, Fractional anisotropy; DES, Direct electrical stimulation; DTT, Direct tract targeting; FN, Facial nerve; DBS, Deep brain stimulation; WMT, White matter tractography

We perform a review of the literature in the field of white matter tractography for neurosurgical planning, focusing on those works where tractography was correlated with clinical information such as patient outcome, clinical functional testing, or electro-cortical stimulation. We organize the revie...