Table 5. Tractographical approach for frontal tracts.
White matter tract | Seed mask | Waypoint and termination mask | Exclusion mask |
Anterior thalamic radiation(ATR) (medial orbitofrontal cortex) | Medial orbitofrontal cortex | Eroded thalamus | All other gm regions |
Anterior thalamic radiation(ATR) (rostral middle frontal cortex) | Rostral middle frontal cortex | Eroded thalamus | All other gm regions |
Genu of the corpus callosum(medial orbitofrontal cortex) | Left medial orbitofrontal cortex | Right medial orbitofrontal cortex | All other cortical regions |
Genu of the corpus callosum(rostral middle frontal cortex) | Left rostral middle frontal cortex | Right rostral middle frontal cortex | All other cortical regions |
Anterior corona radiata (ACR) | All frontal regions | Cerebral peduncle | All other cortical regions |
The Freesurfer seed, waypoint, termination, and exclusion masks used in fiber tractography to delineate examined frontal tracts. *For the tracts through the genu of the corpus callosum, a callosal waypoint mask was also used.