Diffusion MRI Reveals White Matter Injury

Diffusion MRI can show white matter injury in the brain, especially when standard MRI cannot. Standard brain scans are very good at showing the large structures of the brain and the border between gray and white matter. They can show the size and shape of brain regions, but they do not show the internal structure or integrit...

Diffusion Tensor Imaging?DTI?is a technique within magnetic resonance that relies on the diffusion of water molecules to study the integrity of white matter networks?the axon bundles that connect cortical and subcortical gray matter?in the brain.

These interconnecting structures can be damaged when an external force, such as a soccer ball,...