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
Thalamic radiations
Corticofugal fibers
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Association Fibers
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Commissural Fibers
DTI Atlas
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Axial
Projection Fibers
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Connect the cerbral cortex with the thalamus,
pons, and spinal cord
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Traverse the internal capsule
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Thalamic radiations: ascending and descending
Corticofugal fibers: descending only