Spatial normalization and averaging of diffusion tensor MRI data sets

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 592-617

  Jones, Derek K ^a,b   Griffin, Lewis D ^c   Alexander, Daniel C ^d   Catani, Marco ^a,e   Horsfield, Mark A ^b   Howard, Robert ^a   Williams, Steve C R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Radiological Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central tendency; Coregistration; Diffusion tensor; Fractional anisotropy; Group mapping; Mean; Median; Mode; MRI; Spatial normalization; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0036422712     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(02)91148-1     Document Type: Article

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