DTI

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More details:
Dr. Christian Beaulieu

Collaborators and projects:
Stroke, epilepsy, autism, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, dyslexia and development with aging

System used:
1.5T

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is a way of using measures of water diffusion to reflect the integrity of white matter tracts and structural connectivity in the brain.

DTI Movie

An extension of DTI is diffusion tractography which can identify and virtually extract white matter tracts (i.e. wiring) in the human brain, as shown in the following movie by graduated PhD student Luis Concha and Daniel Torres: lconcha.googlepages.com/work