Robust fiber tracking method by vector selection criterion in diffusion tensor images

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1080-1083

  Kim, Keun Ho ^a   Ronen, Itamar ^b   Formisano, Elia ^c   Goebel, Rainer ^c   Ugurbil, Kamil ^a   Kim, Dae Shik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Partial volume effect

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; INTERPOLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TENSORS; VECTORS;

CONNECTIVITY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBER TRACKING; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 11144319412     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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