Characterization of white matter fiber bundles with T2* relaxometry and diffusion tensor imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1066-1072

  Cherubini, Andrea ^a   Péran, Patrice ^a,b   Hagberg, Gisela Elisabeth ^a   Varsi, Ambra Erika ^a   Luccichenti, Giacomo ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Sabatini, Umberto ^a   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DTI; FA; Iron; Orientation; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FIBERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; TENSORS;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DECLINE; COMPLEMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; REGION OF INTEREST; WHITE MATTER FIBERS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

MYELIN;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; REGION OF INTEREST ANALYSIS; RELAXATION RATE; T2 MULTIECHO RELAXOMETRY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 66149112551     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21978     Document Type: Article

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