Theory of Q-ball imaging redux: Implications for fiber tracking

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 910-923

  Barnett, Alan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber tracking; HARDI; ODF; Q ball imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; FIBER TRACKING; HARDI; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; Q-BALL IMAGING;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; Q BALL IMAGING;

EID: 70349625821     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22073     Document Type: Article

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