Resolving fiber crossing using advanced fast marching tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-120

  Staempfli, P ^a,b   Jaermann, T ^a,b   Crelier, G R ^a   Kollias, S ^b   Valavanis, A ^b   Boesiger, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 32644444918     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.09.027     Document Type: Article

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