FLAIR diffusion-tensor MR tractography: Comparison of fiber tracking with conventional imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 591-597

  Chou, Ming Chung ^a,b   Lin, Yi Ru ^a   Huang, Teng Yi ^a   Wang, Chao Ying ^a,b   Chung, Hsiao Wen ^a,b   Juan, Chun Jung ^a,b   Chen, Cheng Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENTUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; STANDARD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 16844366592     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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