Segmentation of fiber tracts based on an accuracy analysis on diffusion tensor software phantoms

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 532-544

  Barbieri, Sebastiano ^a   Bauer, Miriam H A ^b   Klein, Jan ^a   Nimsky, Christopher ^b   Hahn, Horst K ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Fuzzy segmentation; Noise; Software model

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUZZY SYSTEM; NERVE TRACT; NOISE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79551577532     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.069     Document Type: Article

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