Fisher statistics for analysis of diffusion tensor directional information

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Hutchinson, Elizabeth B ^a   Rutecki, Paul A ^a,b   Alexander, Andrew L ^c   Sutula, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor MRI; Eigenvector orientation; Epilepsy; Fisher statistics; Hippocampus; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE GYRUS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HYPOTHESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84857663697     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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