3T PROPELLER diffusion tensor fiber tractography: A feasibility study for cranial nerve fiber tracking

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 462-466

  Kabasawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Masutani, Yoshitaka ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Masumoto, Tomohiko ^a   Hayashi, Naoto ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion fiber tractography; Diffusion tensor imaging; High spatial resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFUSION TENSOR FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 39549117024     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0169-8     Document Type: Article

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