Quantitative and reproducibility study of four tractography algorithms used in clinical routine

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Tensaouti, Fatima ^a,b,c   Lahlou, Ihssan ^a,b   Clarisse, Perrine ^a,b,c   Lotterie, Jean Albert ^a,b,c   Berry, Isabelle ^a,b,c  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

corticospinal tract; diffusion tensor imaging; reproducibility; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC ALGORITHM; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREAMLINE TRACKING; TENSOR DEFLECTION; TENSORLINE ALGORITHM; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959598634     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22584     Document Type: Article

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