Analysis of noise effects on DTI-based tractography using the brute-force and multi-ROI approach

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 559-565

  Huang, Hao ^a   Zhang, Jiangyang ^a   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^a,b   Mori, Susumu ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Brute force and multi ROI approach; Diffusion tensor imaging; Noise analysis; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TENSORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BRUTE FORCE; DIFFUSION-TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SIGNALTO-NOISE RATIOS (SNR); NOISE ANALYSIS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; TIME-DOMAIN DATA; TRACTOGRAPHY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRACTOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4243182597     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20147     Document Type: Article

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