--- Maybe not the golden standard, but the best one untill now
"For the neurosurgeon, performing the fiber-dissection technique is the best method for learning the three-dimensional anatomy of the white matter of the brain. DTI-based tractography provides a reliable representation of the white matter tracts in normal human brain and the spatial relationship of the tracts with intracerebral lesions. Combined application of both techniques for the study of human white matter anatomy is reciprocally enriched because the anatomic knowledge acquired by fiber dissection aids in proper interpretation and analysis of the new tractographic studies and because the tractographic studies can reveal, at the same time, the complex relationships between the fiber systems."
---Fernandez-Miranda JC, Rhoton AL Jr, Alvarez-Linera J, Kakizawa Y, Choi C, de Oliveira E (2008). Three-dimensional microsurgical and tractographic anatomy of the white matter of the human brain. Neurosurgery 62(6 Suppl 3):989-1028.
In this blog, we will show our understandings of the human brain pathways based on the results of brain fiber tractography and white matter dissection.
With the amazing consistency of the results of fiber dissection and our fiber tractography, we are confident that we are on the right way to map the human brain fiber pathways.
Dr. Wang 2011-6-13 At UPMC
