The influence of complex white matter architecture on the mean diffusivity in diffusion tensor MRI of the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2208-2216

  Vos, Sjoerd B ^a   Jones, Derek K ^b,c   Jeurissen, Ben ^d   Viergever, Max A ^a   Leemans, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex fiber architecture; Crossing fibers; Diffusion tensor MRI; Mean diffusivity; Trace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE FIBERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855432920     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.086     Document Type: Article

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