Nerve fiber mapping of the human visual cortex using Polarized Light Imaging (PLI)

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4345-4347

  Axer, Markus ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^b   Gräßel, David ^a   Amunts, Katrin ^a,e   Zilles, Karl ^a,c   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^a,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Connectivity; Cortex; Crossed polars; Fiber tracts; Human brain; Medical imaging; Polarized light physics; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANES; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAPS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIREFRINGENCE PROPERTIES; BRAIN AREAS; CONNECTIVITY; CORTEX; CROSSED POLARS; FIBER ORIENTATION ANGLE; FIBER TRACKING; FIBER TRACTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HUMAN BRAIN; HUMAN BRAINS; HUMAN VISUAL CORTEX; IN-PLANE ORIENTATIONS; INTENSITY MAPS; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; NERVE FIBERS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PILOT STUDIES; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; POLARIZED LIGHT PHYSICS; SPATIAL EXTENT; STATE OF POLARIZATION; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISUAL CORTICES; WHITE MATTER;

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EID: 48149107882     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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