A geometric analysis of diffusion tensor measurements of the human brain

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-291

  Alexander, Andrew L ^a   Hasan, Khader ^b   Kindlmann, Gordon ^b   Parker, Dennis L ^a   Tsuruda, Jay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor; Human brain; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

BARYCENTRIC COORDINATE SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL TECHNIQUE; HUMAN BRAIN; WHITE MATTER;

TENSORS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033856359     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2594(200008)44:2<283::AID-MRM16>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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