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Hindi Short Communication, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 3 Issue: 6
Developments in Diffusion MRI Modalities and their Impact on Cranial Neurosurgery
| Ganeshwaran Shivapathasundram* and Michael Heckelmann | |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg / Saar, Germany | |
| Corresponding author : Ganeshwaran Shivapathasundram Department of Neurosurgery, Level 5 West Concord Hospital Concord, NSW 2139, Australia Tel: +61-0410-339-840 Fax: +61- 29767-7934 E-mail: g.shiva@live.com.au |
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| Received: May 18, 2014 Accepted: August 07, 2014 Published: August 12, 2014 | |
| Citation: Shivapathasundram G, Heckelmann M (2014) Developments in Diffusion MRI Modalities and their Impact on Cranial Neurosurgery. J Spine Neurosurg 3:6 doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000164 |
Abstract
Developments in Diffusion MRI Modalities and their Impact on Cranial Neurosurgery
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques based on diffusion have been in existence for just over two decades; however, their use in clinical practice has only recently caught up. Diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging are two modalities of MRI that have the potential to provide neurosurgeons with important diagnostic information in the preoperative and intraoperative settings.
