Orientation entropy analysis of diffusion tensor in healthy and myelopathic spinal cord

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1028-1033

  Cui, Jiao Long ^a   Wen, Chun Yi ^a   Hu, Yong ^a   Mak, Kin Cheung ^a   Mak, Ka Hung Henry ^a   Luk, Keith Dip Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Eigenvector; Orientation entropy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; ORIENTATION ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHANNON ENTROPY; SPIN ECHO ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 80052610827     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.072     Document Type: Article

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