Segmentation of the white matter in the brain based on MR-DTI fiber directions;Segmentierung der weißen Hirnsubstanz auf der Grundlage von MR-DTI-Vorzugsrichtungen

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-255

  Klose, Uwe ^a,b   Erb, Michael ^a   Saur, Ralf ^a   Seeger, Uwe ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain fibers; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 29744469838     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00278     Document Type: Article

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