Interesting, thanks. I didn't realize multiband was so fast on the Skyra - good to know.
The big advantage in principle for neurosurgery is better resolution of crossing fibers and complex branching, for example the lower/lateral projections of the CST to hand area. I'm not sure if any clinical software can take advantage of these scans, yet, though -- so processing would probably need to be done under IRB in researchy software. There's also ongoing work in several groups to better resolve and possibly even characterize tissue microstructure in and around tumors using multi-shell DWI (especially relating to edema).
The big advantage in principle for neurosurgery is better resolution of crossing fibers and complex branching, for example the lower/lateral projections of the CST to hand area. I'm not sure if any clinical software can take advantage of these scans, yet, though -- so processing would probably need to be done under IRB in researchy software. There's also ongoing work in several groups to better resolve and possibly even characterize tissue microstructure in and around tumors using multi-shell DWI (especially relating to edema).
Here's one small study that compared several high-angle methods to standard DTI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23254805
Walt Schneider's group at Pitt has also done studies in neurosurgery planning and TBI using HARDI-type methods (no cite handy at the moment).