Diffusion tensor tractography for the inferior alveolar nerve (V3): initial experiment

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-274

  Mori, Shintaro ^a   Kaneda, Takashi ^a   Fujita, Yuzo ^a   Kato, Masataka ^a   Sakayanagi, Masashi ^a   Minami, Manabu ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNERVATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 47249163666     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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