title: Fiber-tracking method reveals sensorimotor pathway involvement in stroke patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We tested the feasibility of a new MRI technique that provides visualization of the sensorimotor tracts in vivo in a group of stroke victims.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen patients with small infarctions involving the white matter of the supratentorial brain were evaluated. Sensorimotor tracts on the lesional and contralesional sides were successfully depicted in all cases. The position of the sensorimotor tracts relative to the infarct was in good agreement with clinical symptoms. The overall sensitivity and specificity for sensorimotor tract involvement were 100% and 77%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our proposed fiber-tracking method was shown to be a clinically feasible technique that correlates well with clinical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. kyamada@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kizu
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiga
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tsunehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009412:Nerve Fibers; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors