Characterizing brain anatomical connections using diffusion weighted MRI and graph theory

NeuroImage

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 645-660

  Iturria Medina, Y ^a   Canales Rodriguez E J ^a   Melie Garcia L ^a   Valdes Hernandez P A ^a   Martinez Montes E ^a   Aleman Gomez Y ^a   Sanchez Bornot J M ^a  

^a CUBAN NEUROSCIENCE CENTER   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Brain connectivity; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Graph model; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 34250336119     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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