Table 2.
Quantitative presentation of the fiber path ways tracked using different methods. NFB: Number of fiber bundles, MBV: Mean bundle volume, MNF: Mean number of fibers, and STD: Standard deviation of the number of fibers.
| Method | Broca’–SMA (Path 1) | Wernicke’s–Broca’s (Path 2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorsal | Ventral | |||
| Improved Bayesian algorithm | NFB | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| MBV | 2837.33 | 3109.21 | 626.06 | |
| MNF | 178.76 | 201.5 | 46.8 | |
| STD | 16.12 | 20.03 | 7.22 | |
| Lu’s method | NB | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| MBV | 2616.45 | 2819.2 | 643.17 | |
| MNF | 172.91 | 187.3 | 37.17 | |
| STD | 21.64 | 18.68 | 8.23 | |
| Friman’s method | NB | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| MBV | 2757.44 | 2672.4 | 516 | |
| MNF | 161.43 | 194.70 | 51.32 | |
| STD | 20.53 | 17.34 | 6.64 | |
| Euler’s method | NB | 9 | 8 | ⋯ |
| MBV | 1702.55 | 1958.37 | ⋯ | |
| MNF | 103.33 | 98.75 | ⋯ | |
| STD | 12.27 | 10.62 | ||