Resolving axon fiber crossings at clinical b-values: An evaluation study

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5239-5253

  Ramirez Manzanares, Alonso ^a   Cook, Philip A ^b   Hall, Matt ^c   Ashtari, Manzar ^d   Gee, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

axon fiber crossings; DW MRI; HARDI; Multi DT

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FIBERS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIBER CROSSINGS; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL; HARDI; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION IMAGING; MULTI-DT; SPHERICAL DECONVOLUTION;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

EID: 80052413220     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3626571     Document Type: Article

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