Axon tracing in the adult rat optic nerve and tract after intravitreal injection of MnDPDP using a semiautomatic segmentation technique

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-42

  Olsen, Øystein ^a   Thuen, Marte ^a   Berry, Martin ^b   Kovalev, Vassili ^c   Petrou, Maria ^d   Goa, Pål Erik ^a,e   Sandvig, Axel ^f   Haraldseth, Olav ^a,e   Brekken, Christian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

3D image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Manganese; MEMRI; Optic nerve; Rat

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; MANGAFODIPIR; MANGANESE CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OPTIC NERVE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 37849027526     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21234     Document Type: Article

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