Diffusion tensor fiber tractography of the optic radiation: Analysis with 6-, 12-, 40-, and 81-directional motion-probing gradients, a preliminary study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Yamamoto, A ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Urayama, S ^a   Fushimi, Y ^a   Okada, T ^a   Hanakawa, T ^a   Fukuyama, H ^a   Togashi, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC NERVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33846444753     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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