MR Tractography Based on Directional Diffusion Function. Validation in Somatotopic Organization of the Pyramidal Tract

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Yoshiura, Takashi ^a   Kumazawa, Seiji ^a   Noguchi, Tomoyuki ^a   Hiwatashi, Akio ^a   Togao, Osamu ^a   Yamashita, Koji ^a   Arimura, Hidetaka ^a   Higashida, Yoshiharu ^a   Toyofuku, Fukai ^a   Mihara, Futoshi ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging; MRI; pyramidal tract; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRACTOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 38149083983     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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