Parameter sensitivity visualization in DTI fiber tracking

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1441-1448

  Brecheisen, Ralph ^a   Platel, Bram ^b   Vilanova, Anna ^a   Ter Haar Romeny, Bart ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fiber Tracking; Parameter Sensitivity; Stopping Criteria; Uncertainty Visualization

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBER TRACKING; PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES; STOPPING CRITERIA; UNCERTAINTY VISUALIZATION;

DIFFUSION; FIBERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

TENSORS;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COLOR; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NERVE FIBER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COLOR; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOFIBRILS; NERVE FIBERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350634269     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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