Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Cerebral White Matter: A Pictorial Review of Physics, Fiber Tract Anatomy, and Tumor Imaging Patterns

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 356-369

  Jellison, Brian J ^a   Field, Aaron S ^a   Medow, Joshua ^a   Lazar, Mariana ^a   Salamat, M Shariar ^a   Alexander, Andrew L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICS; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICS;

EID: 1642310599     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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