Validation of q-ball imaging with a diffusion fibre-crossing phantom on a clinical scanner

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1457, 2005, Pages 881-891

  Perrin, Muriel ^a   Poupon, Cyril ^a   Rieul, Bernard ^b   Leroux, Patrick ^c   Constantinesco, André ^d   Mangin, Jean François ^a   LeBihan, Denis ^a,b  

^a SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^b Institut Fédératif de Recherche 49   (France)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Ex vivo validation; Fibre crossing phantom; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orientation distribution function; Q ball imaging; Structural brain connectivity

Indexed keywords

IMAGING METHOD;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 25444492660     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1650     Document Type: Article

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