Quantitative Diffusion Tensor Analysis Using Multiple Tensor Ellipsoids Model and Tensor Field Interpolation at Fiber Crossing

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-92

  Kabasawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Masutani, Yoshitaka ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor analysis; tensor interpolation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 36749097920     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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