The ellipsoidal area ratio: an alternative anisotropy index for diffusion tensor imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-323

  Xu, Dongrong ^a,b   Cui, Jiali ^a,b   Bansal, Ravi ^a,b   Hao, Xuejun ^a,b   Liu, Jun ^a,b   Chen, Weidong ^c   Peterson, Bradley S ^a,b  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion anisotropy index (DAI); Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Ellipsoidal area ratio (EAR); Fractional anisotropy (FA)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61649101493     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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