Automatic segmentation of thalamic nuclei from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 391-401

  Wiegell, Mette R ^a,b   Tuch, David S ^a,c   Larsson, Henrik B W ^b   Wedeen, Van J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ALGORITHM; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0041737567     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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