Three-tesla diffusion tensor imaging of Meyer's loop by tractography, color-coded fractional anisotropy maps, and eigenvectors

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 413-417

  White, Matthew L ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Eigenvector; Fractional anisotropy; Meyer's loop; Tractography

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EIGENVECTOR; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEYER'S LOOP; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; COLOR; DIFFUSION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

TENSORS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; EIGENVECTOR MAP; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEYER LOOP; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; COLOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449291667     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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