Optimization of seed density in DTI tractography for structural networks

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 264-272

  Cheng, Hu ^a   Wang, Yang ^b   Sheng, Jinhua ^b   Sporns, Olaf ^a   Kronenberger, William G ^b   Mathews, Vincent P ^b   Hummer, Tom A ^b   Saykin, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Seeds; Structural brain network; Tractography; Variance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VARIANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555219136     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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