An introduction to diffusion tensor image analysis

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-196

  O'Donnell, Lauren J ^a   Westin, Carl Fredrik ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Diffusion Tensor MRI; DTI; Review; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COLOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KERNEL METHOD; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79952912882     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.12.004     Document Type: Review

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