Regularization of diffusion MRI Q-ball fields for crossing fiber tractography

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 845-848

  Otto, K M ^a   Ehricke, H H ^a   Kumar, V ^b   Klose, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES STRALSUND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber tracking; HARDI; ODF; Regularization

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; FIBERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PHANTOMS;

BIOLOGICAL PHANTOMS; FIBER TRACKING; HARDI; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION IMAGING; PROBABILISTIC TRACKING; REGULARIZATION; REGULARIZATION APPROACH; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 77950883753     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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