In vivo diffusion tensor imaging of the human optic chiasm at sub-millimeter resolution

NeuroImage

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1244-1251

  Sarlls, Joelle E ^a   Pierpaoli, Carlo ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651017508     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.098     Document Type: Article

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