title: Usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography in neurological and neurosurgical pediatric diseases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with fiber tractography (FT) is a recently introduced imaging technique that is unique in providing detailed imaging of white matter (WM) tracts and connectivity between different regions of the brain not easily appreciated with other imaging methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  DTI has been used in recent years to investigate several disease conditions involving WM, including brain malformations, cerebral ischemia, multiple sclerosis, neurocutaneous syndromes, and brain tumors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this paper, we focus our attention on the main applications of DTI-FT in the field of pediatric neurology, adding our personal experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology Division, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spalice
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicita
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Papetti
authors.forename: Fabiana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ursitti
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Biasi
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: Martino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iannetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000473:pathology*