A diffusion tensor imaging tractography algorithm based on Navier-stokes fluid mechanics

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 798-801

  Hageman, Nathan S ^a   Shattuck, David W ^a   Narr, Katherine ^a   Toga, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY METRIC; DIRECTIONALLY ENCODED COLOR (DEC); FLUID MECHANICS MODELS; MATTER DISRUPTION;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33750957965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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