Analysis of the brain-stem white-matter tracts with diffusion tensor imaging

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 895-902

  Salamon, N ^a   Sicotte, N ^a,b   Alger, J ^a   Shattuck, D ^a   Perlman, S ^b   Sinha, U ^a   Schultze Haakh, H ^c   Salamon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Diffusion tensor imaging; White matter fiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TEGMENTUM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29544441438     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-1439-8     Document Type: Article

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