Optimal imaging parameters for fiber-orientation estimation in diffusion MRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 357-367

  Alexander, Daniel C ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossing fibers; Diffusion MRI; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimal imaging parameter; Pulse sequence optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGING; LEISURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE FIBERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23044459584     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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