Mapping brain anatomical connectivity using white matter tractography

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 821-835

  Lazar, Mariana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain connectivity; Diffusion imaging; Fiber crossing; White matter tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANATOMICAL CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN DISORDERS; CURRENT LIMITATION; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS; FIBER CROSSING; FIBER DIRECTION; FIBER TRACTS; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN BRAIN; IMAGE NOISE; IN-VIVO; LOCAL ORIENTATIONS; NEURAL PROCESS; PARTIAL VOLUMING; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; WATER DIFFUSION; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER TRACTOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION;

FIBERS;

ANATOMY; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; WATER;

EID: 78650491159     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1579     Document Type: Review

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