Magnetic resonance diffusion tractography in the brain - Its application and limitation

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-476

  Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Masutani, Yoshitaka ^b   Abe, Osamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tractography; MRI; Tract specific analysis; White matter

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 34250622874     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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