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Applications of Whole Brain Tractography and Implications for Clinical Practice

The complicated nature of neurological diseases–and the importance of accurate diagnosis and treatment for patient quality of life–have made the need for more advanced imaging techniques more urgent than ever. Automated whole brain tractography promises to increase the knowledge that neurologists ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wu, Brian W, Barr, Stephanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5716682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29226043
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1753
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Sumario:The complicated nature of neurological diseases–and the importance of accurate diagnosis and treatment for patient quality of life–have made the need for more advanced imaging techniques more urgent than ever. Automated whole brain tractography promises to increase the knowledge that neurologists have of a variety of disease processes, including schizophrenia, age-related changes to white matter, brain tumors, and epilepsy.