Fiber tracking using magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging and its applications to human brain development

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 168-177

  Watts, Richard ^a   Liston, Conor ^a   Niogi, Sumit ^a   Uluǧ, Aziz M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MICROANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 0141633048     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.10077     Document Type: Review

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