White matter fiber tracking computation based on diffusion tensor imaging for clinical applications

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-97

  Dellani, Paulo R ^a,b   Glaser, Martin ^a   Wille, Paulo R ^a   Vucurevic, Goran ^a   Stadie, Axel ^a   Bauermann, Thomas ^a   Tropine, Andrei ^a   Perneczky, Axel ^a   Von Wangenheim, Aldo ^b   Stoeter, Peter ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortico spinal tracts; DICOM; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Neurosurgical planning and navigation; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

CORTICO SPINAL TRACTS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBER TRACKING; NEUROSURGICAL NAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PLANNING; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; TENSORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34147122074     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-006-0773-7     Document Type: Article

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