Atlas-based segmentation of white matter tracts of the human brain using diffusion tensor tractography and comparison with classical dissection

NeuroImage

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-79

  Lawes, I Nigel C ^a   Barrick, Thomas R ^a   Murugam, Vengadasalam ^a   Spierings, Natalia ^a   Evans, David R ^a   Song, Marie ^a   Clark, Chris A ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlas; Brain; Diffusion; MRI; Tensor; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 36049033385     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.041     Document Type: Article

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