Diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking with local tissue property sensitivity: phantom and in vivo validation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Chen, Bin ^a   Song, Allen W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DTI; Fiber tracking; Streamline

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37349090688     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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