Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based white matter mapping in brain research: A review

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-61

  Assaf, Yaniv ^a,b   Pasternak, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40749101520     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0029-0     Document Type: Review

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