Eizou Umezawa1, Yoshifumi Kuwayama2,
Akihito Yamamoto2, Hikaru Masumoto2, Takashi Fukuba2,
Masao Ohashi2, Keiko Terada2, Toshiaki Mori2,
Yutaka Kinomura2, Kojiro Yamaguchi1, Masayuki Yamada1,
Hirofumi Anno1, Kazuhiro Katada3
1School of Health Sciences, Fujita
Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; 2Radiological Division,
Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; 3Department
of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi,
Japan
Multi-Shelled
QBI (MS-QBI) gives a new orientation distribution function based on the
moment of the probability density function. We perform the fiber tracking of
human brain based on MS-QBI and confirm the practicability of the method. We
implement a simple procedure for streamline fiber trackings of pathways that
encounter crossings. The pyramidal tract (PT) can be traced beyond the
crossing with the superior longitudinal fasciculus by MS-QBI. The distinction
between PT and the corpus callosum in the corona radiata is still difficult.