Robust subdivision of the thalamus in children based on probability distribution functions calculated from probabilistic tractography

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 403-415

  Broser, Philip ^a   Vargha Khadem, Faraneh ^a   Clark, Chris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution of probability of connectivity; Probabilistic diffusion tensor imaging; Structural parcellation; Thalamic subdivison; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS PARCELLATION; THALAMUS SUBDIVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ATLASES AS TOPIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROBABILITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 79958716099     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.04.054     Document Type: Article

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