Studying connections in the living human brain with diffusion MRI

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 936-952

  Jones, Derek K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion; MRI; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 49649099578     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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