Brain fiber tracking with clinically feasible diffusion-tensor MR imaging: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Yamada, Kei ^a   Kizu, Osamu ^a   Mori, Susumu ^a   Ito, Hirotoshi ^a   Nakamura, Hisao ^a   Yuen, Sachiko ^a   Kubota, Takao ^a   Tanaka, Osamu ^a   Akada, Wataru ^a   Sasajima, Hiroyasu ^a   Mineura, Katsuyoshi ^a   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Diffusion tensor; Magnetic resonance (MR); MR; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037381486     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2271020313     Document Type: Article

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