Dissecting the White Matter Tracts:
Interactive Diffusion Tensor Imaging Teaching Atlas
T Hutchins, HC Herrod, E Quigley, J Anderson, K Salzman
University of Utah Department of Neuroradiology
Tutorial
Introduction
Major White Matter Tracts
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Brain Stem
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Projection Fibers
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Association Fibers
Superior longitudinal fasiculus
Inferior longitudinal fasiculus
Superior fronto-occipital fasiculus
Inferior fronto-occipital fasiculus
Uncinate fasiculus
Cingulum
Fornix
Stria terminalis
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Commissural Fibers
DTI Atlas
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Axial
Association Fibers
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Connect various portions of cerebral
hemispheric cortex
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Short association U-fibers connect
adjacent gyri
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Long association fiber bundles connect
distal regions and are detailed in this
section