In vivo MR tractography using diffusion imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-234

  Bammer, Roland ^a   Acar, Burak ^a   Moseley, Michael E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fiber tracking; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tensor; Tractography

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MUSCLE; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE;

TRACTOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRACTOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037366335     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00311-X     Document Type: Article

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