title: Tractography: Possible Applications in Musculoskeletal Radiology.
abstract: Tractography (or fiber tracking) consists of three-dimensional modeling of the preferential movement of water molecules in the form of fiber tracks from the tensor field information. This technique allows a new approach for the microarchitectural analysis of anisotropic structures such as nerves, white matter, and muscles. Many disorders have been studied including cervical myelopathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, nerve root compression, and nerve tumors. Muscles have been less evaluated. Tractography is still a research technique, and its validation and widespread routine clinical use will require a good deal of work toward a harmonization of the MRI protocols and data postprocessing methods.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur (CCIAL), CHRU de Lille, rue du Pr Emile Laine, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cotten
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur (CCIAL), CHRU de Lille, rue du Pr Emile Laine, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur (CCIAL), CHRU de Lille, rue du Pr Emile Laine, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hayek
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur (CCIAL), CHRU de Lille, rue du Pr Emile Laine, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur (CCIAL), CHRU de Lille, rue du Pr Emile Laine, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dodré
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Musculosquelettique, Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur (CCIAL), CHRU de Lille, rue du Pr Emile Laine, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Budzik
mesh_terms: D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*