Reconstruction and visualization of fiber and laminar structure in the normal human heart from ex vivo diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTMRI) data

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 777-789

  Rohmer, Damien ^a,c   Sitek, Arkadiusz ^a,b   Gullberg, Grant T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Diffusion tensor MRI; Fiber tracking; Laminar structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36249011055     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181238330     Document Type: Article

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