Proceedings of the KSMRM Conference (대한자기공명의과학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (대한자기공명의과학회)
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Software Implementation for 3D visualization of brain fiber tractography and high-resolution anatomical data

  • Oh, Jung-Su (Interdiciplinary Program of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Song, In-Chan (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Ikhwan Cho (Institute of Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Hyo (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Chang, Kee-Hyun (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Kwang-Suk (Advance Biometric Research Center and Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University Hospital)
  • Published : 2003.10.01
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Abstract

Purpose： The purpose of paper is to implement a PC-based software for 3D visualization of brain fiber tractography and high-resolution anatomical data introduction： DTI (Diffusion tensor imaging) is a very useful noninvasive MRI technique for providing the direction and connectivity information of brain fiber tracts. Especially in patients with glioma, fiber tracts on the lesion side in the brain had varying degrees of displacement or disruption as a result of the tumor. Tract disruption resulted from direct tumor involvement, compression on the tract, and vasogenic edema surrounding the tumor. To combine information on fiber tracts surrounding tumor with a high-resolution anatomical 3D image may be clinically useful for surgical planning. Therefore we implemented a software for visualizing both brain fiber tractography and anatomical data.

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