Preliminary experience with visualization of intracortical fibers by focused high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-150

  Jaermann, T ^a,b   De Zanche, N ^a   Staempfli, P ^a,b   Pruessmann, K P ^a   Valavanis, A ^b   Boesiger, P ^a   Kollias, S S ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AXONS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38349048258     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0742     Document Type: Article

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