The human brain comprises a number of cortical areas involving with different types of information processing. These areas communicate throughout long-range fiber pathways in white matter. Recent advancements in diffusion MRI and tractography enables us to measure the position and properties of white matter pathways in living human brains.

CiNet Researcher Hiromasa Takemura and collaborators published a new review article, introducing the basic in diffusion MRI measurements, analysis using tractography as well as the overview of recent progress in studies on white matter pathways involving with visual processing.

“The visual white matter : The application of diffusion MRI and fiber tractography to vision science”
Ariel Rokem, Hiromasa Takemura, Andrew S. Bock, K. Suzanne Scherf, Marlene Behrmann, Brian A. Wandell, Ione Fine, Holly Bridge, Franco Pestilli
Journal of Vision, Vol.17, No.2, Article 4, 1-30.
http://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2603187