Entropy-based analysis for diffusion anisotropy mapping of healthy and myelopathic spinal cord

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2125-2131

  Cui, Jiao Long ^a   Wen, Chun Yi ^a   Hu, Yong ^a   Li, Ting Hung ^a   Luk, Keith Dip Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Fractional anisotropy (FA); Microstructure; Shannon entropy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION THEORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650247144     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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