Diffusion-tensor MR imaging and tractography: Exploring brain microstructure and connectivity

Radiology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-384

  Nucifora, Paolo G P ^a   Verma, Ragini ^a   Lee, Seung Koo ^b   Melhem, Elias R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 35349015772     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2452060445     Document Type: Review

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