Imaging nervous pathways with MR tractography;Imaging delle vie nervose mediante trattografia RM

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-283

  Cherubini, A ^a   Luccichenti, G ^a   Fasano, F ^a   Peran P ^a   Hagberg, G E ^a   Giugni, E ^a,b   Sabatini, U ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; MR, Diffusion; MR, Technique; MR, Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645546956     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-006-0027-2     Document Type: Article

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