From diffusion tractography to quantitative white matter tract measures: A reproducibility study

NeuroImage

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 348-359

  Ciccarelli, O ^a   Parker, G J M ^b   Toosy, A T ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, C A M ^a   Barker, G J ^a   Boulby, P A ^c   Miller, D H ^a   Thompson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037328797     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(02)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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