Magnetic resonance tractogtaphy: possibilities and limitations, modern approach to data processing
- 15 June 2022
- journal article
- Published by Vidar, Ltd. in Medical Visualization
Abstract
Purpose: systematization of the knowledge about diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tomography; analysis of literature related to current limitations of this method and possibilities of overcoming these limitations.Materials and methods. We have analyzed 74 publications (6 Проанализировано 74 публикации (6 Russian, 68 foreign), published in the time period from 1986 to 2021years. More, than half of these articles were published in the last ten years, 19 studies-in the time period from 2016 to 2021years.Results.@ In this article we represent the physical basis of diffusion weighted techniques of magnetic resonance tomography, principles of obtaining diffusion weighted images and diffusion tensor, cover the specific features of the probabilistic and deterministic approaches of the diffusion tensor MRI data processing, describe methods of evaluation of the diffusion characteristics of tissues in clinical practice. Article provides a thorough introduction to the reasons of existing limitations of diffusion tensor MRI and systematization the main developed approaches of overcoming these limitations, such as multi-tensor model, high angular resolution diffusion imaging, diffusion kurtosis visualization. The article consistently reviews the stages of data processing of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tomography (preprocessing, processing and post processing). We also describe the special aspects of the main approaches to the quantitative data analysis of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tomography (such as analysis of the region of interest, analysis of the total data amount, quantitative tractography).Conclusion. Magnetic resonance tractography is a unique technique for noninvasive in vivo visualization of brain white matter tracts and assessment of the structural integrity of their constituent axons. In the meantime this technique, which has found applications in numerous pathologies of central nervous system, has a number of significant limitations, and the main of them are the inability to adequately visualize the crossing fibers and the relatively low reproducibility of the results. Standardization of the data postprocessing algorithms, further upgrading of the magnetic resonance scanners and implementation of the alternative tractography methods have the potential of partially reducing of the current limitations.This publication has 72 references indexed in Scilit:
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