Feasibility of prefronto-caudate pathway tractography using high resolution diffusion tensor tractography data at 3T

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Kamali, Arash ^a   Kramer, Larry A ^a   Hasan, Khader M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate; Diffusion tensor imaging; Frontostriatal; High spatial resolution; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETICS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955768021     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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