title: Brain white matter tracts: functional anatomy and clinical relevance.
abstract: Diffusion tensor imaging is increasingly available on clinical magnetic resonance scanners and can be acquired in a relatively short time. There has been an explosion of applications in the research field but the use to the practicing radiologist may seem obscure. This paper aims to highlight how diffusion tensor imaging can be used to prompt a dedicated neuroanatomical search for white matter lesions in clinical presentations relating to motor, sensory, language, and visuospatial deficits. The enhanced depiction of white matter tracts in the temporal stem is also highlighted, which is a region of importance in epilepsy surgery planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gerrish
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK; Department of Neuroradiology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: adam.thomas@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Adam G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK; Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dineen
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D063132:Connectome / Q000379:methods*; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D066127:White Matter / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*