Validation of tractography

Diffusion MRI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 353-375

  Hubbard, Penny L ^a   Parker, Geoffrey J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circumstantial validation; Diffusion weighted MRI; Fiber tracking; Gold standard; Ground truth; Physical phantom; Software phantom; Tract tracing; Tractography; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959687873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374709-9.00016-X     Document Type: Chapter

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