Visualizing neuronal structures in the human brain via diffusion tensor MRI

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-514

  Benger, Werner ^a,b,c   Bartsch, Hauke ^d   Hege, Hans Christian ^b   Kitzler, Hagen ^e   Shumilina, Anna ^f   Werner, Annett ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d Mercury Computer Systems   (United States)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor study; Diffusion tensor imaging; Model validation; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery; Pattern recognition; Statistical analysis; Tensor field visualization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLORIMETRY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NEURONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645553522     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500505977     Document Type: Review

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