What is tractography - and why is it important? The brain is a highly complex network of nerve cells interconnected by delicate pathways - known as nerve fibers or tracts. These connections are ...

Right now, as you're reading this, lightning-fast instructions are racing through the fibres of your brain. Regulating your breathing. Keeping your core temperature stable. Comprehending the words on ...

Explore how diffusion MRI tractography may lack the anatomical accuracy of brain connections, questioning its reliability for mapping white matter. The creation of a comprehensive map of the ...

A technique called high-definition fiber tractography (HDFT) provides a powerful new tool for tracing the course of nerve fiber connections within the brain—with the potential to improve the accuracy ...

UT Southwestern physicians have developed an improved targeting method, four-tract tractography, to personalize MRI-guided, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) used at UTSW to treat medication ...

MR tractography may be a reliable quantitative imaging biomarker to assess prostate cancer treatment response to androgen deprivation and radiation therapy, researchers report. Preliminary results of ...

Automated whole-brain tractography and patient-specific bundles of interest to assist neurosurgeons during treatment Historically, it has taken significant time for surgeons to manually generate ...

Sagittal view of a healthy adult, living human brain, virtually sliced down a vertical axis dividing it into left and right halves. The front of the head is facing towards the left side of the image.