The role for diffusion tensor imaging in neuropsychiatry

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Taber, Katherine H ^a   Hurley, Robin A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropsychiatry

Indexed keywords

POISON; TOXIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; GRAY MATTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0038404721     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200305000-00012     Document Type: Review

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