Tract-specific and region of interest analysis of corticospinal tract integrity in subcortical ischemic stroke: reliability and correlation with motor function of affected lower …

PF Tang, YH Ko, ZA Luo, FC Yeh… - American Journal …, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: TS analysis has been suggested as a useful method to
evaluate the fiber integrity of white matter tracts. This study investigated the intrarater and …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between the corticospinal and Corticocerebellar tracts and their role in upper extremity motor recovery in stroke patients

J Lee, WH Chang, YH Kim - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
The corticospinal tract (CST) and corticocerebellar tract (CCT) are both involved in the upper
extremity (UE) function after stroke. Understanding the relationship between the tracts and …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical imaging-derived metrics of corticospinal tract structural integrity are associated with post-stroke motor outcomes: a retrospective study

MA Saltão da Silva, NA Baune, S Belagaje… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective The primary objective of this study was to retrospectively investigate associations
between clinical magnetic resonance imaging-based (MRI) metrics of corticospinal tract …

Degree of corticospinal tract damage correlates with motor function after stroke

S Maraka, Q Jiang, K Jafari‐Khouzani… - Annals of clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Direct injury to the corticospinal tract (CST) is a major factor defining motor
impairment after stroke. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography allows definition of the …

Test–retest reliability and minimal detectable change of corticospinal tract integrity in chronic stroke

AF Lewis, M Myers, J Heiser, M Kolar… - Human Brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can be used to index white matter integrity of the corticospinal
tract (CST) after stroke; however, the psychometric properties of DTI‐based measures of …

Corticospinal tract diffusion abnormalities early after stroke predict motor outcome

BN Groisser, WA Copen, AB Singhal… - … and neural repair, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Prognosis of long-term motor outcome of acute stroke patients with severe
motor impairment is difficult to determine. Objective. Our primary goal was to evaluate the …

Basal ganglia versus peripheral infarcts: predictive value of early fiber alterations

MT Berndt, D Pürner, C Maegerlein… - American Journal …, 2021 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Impairment of fiber integrity of the corticospinal tract in the
subacute and chronic phases after ischemic stroke has been linked to poor motor outcome …

Can fully automated detection of corticospinal tract damage be used in stroke patients?

N Kou, C Park, ML Seghier, AP Leff, NS Ward - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We compared manual infarct definition, which is time-consuming and open to
bias, with an automated abnormal tissue detection method in measuring corticospinal tract …

Establishing the reproducibility of two approaches to quantify white matter tract integrity in stroke

MR Borich, KP Wadden, LA Boyd - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Diffusion tensor imaging can provide unique and detailed information about white matter
anatomy following stroke. Fiber tract reconstruction using tract-based techniques and cross …

Corticospinal tract lesion load: an imaging biomarker for stroke motor outcomes

W Feng, J Wang, PY Chhatbar, C Doughty… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of this work was to investigate whether an imaging measure of
corticospinal tract (CST) injury in the acute phase can predict motor outcome at 3 months in …