Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging fibre tracking using a front evolution algorithm

NeuroImage

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 276-288

  Tournier, J Donald ^a   Calamante, Fernando ^b   Gadian, David G ^b   Connelly, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVOLUTION; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0141646443     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00236-2     Document Type: Article

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