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

WI Essayed, F Zhang, P Unadkat, GR Cosgrove… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Neuroimaging in neuro-oncology

S Cha - Neurotherapeutics, 2009 - Springer
Neuroimaging of brain tumors has evolved from a strictly morphology-based discipline to
one that encompasses function, physiology, and anatomy. This review outlines the current …

Characterization of displaced white matter by brain tumors using combined DTI and fMRI

T Schonberg, P Pianka, T Hendler, O Pasternak… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
In vivo white matter tractography by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has become a popular
tool for investigation of white matter architecture in the normal brain. Despite some …

Diffusion tensor imaging and optimized fiber tracking in glioma patients: histopathologic evaluation of tumor-invaded white matter structures

A Stadlbauer, C Nimsky, R Buslei, E Salomonowitz… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Fiber tracking is increasingly used to plan and guide neurosurgical procedures of
intracranial tumors in the vicinity of functionally important areas of the brain. However, valid …

Incorporating functional MR imaging into diffusion tensor tractography in the preoperative assessment of the corticospinal tract in patients with brain tumors

M Smits, MW Vernooij, PA Wielopolski… - American Journal …, 2007 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our goal was to improve the preoperative assessment of
the corticospinal tract (CST) in patients with brain tumors. We investigated whether the …

White matter reorganization after surgical resection of brain tumors and vascular malformations

M Lazar, AL Alexander, PJ Thottakara… - American journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and white matter
tractography (WMT) are promising techniques for estimating the course, extent, and …

Diffusion tensor–based fiber tracking and intraoperative neuronavigation for the resection of a brainstem cavernous angioma

X Chen, D Weigel, O Ganslandt, R Fahlbusch… - Surgical Neurology, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment of brainstem cavernous angioma involving eloquent
fiber tracts is one of the most challenging areas of contemporary neurosurgery. Diffusion …

Free water modeling of peritumoral edema using multi-fiber tractography: Application to tracking the arcuate fasciculus for neurosurgical planning

S Gong, F Zhang, I Norton, WI Essayed, P Unadkat… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Peritumoral edema impedes the full delineation of fiber tracts due to partial volume
effects in image voxels that contain a mixture of cerebral parenchyma and extracellular …

Fiber tracking with distinct software tools results in a clear diversity in anatomical fiber tract portrayal

U Bürgel, B Mädler, CR Honey, A Thron… - Central European …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Background: Fiber tract portrayal, based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), is becoming more
and more important in functional neuronavigation. No standard exists to guarantee …

Corticospinal tract modeling for neurosurgical planning by tracking through regions of peritumoral edema and crossing fibers using two-tensor unscented Kalman filter …

Z Chen, Y Tie, O Olubiyi, F Zhang, A Mehrtash… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to present a tractography algorithm using a two-tensor
unscented Kalman filter (UKF) to improve the modeling of the corticospinal tract (CST) by …