Validation of diffusion tensor MRI in the central nervous system using light microscopy: Quantitative comparison of fiber properties

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 900-908

  Choe, A S ^a,b   Stepniewska, I ^c   Colvin, D C ^a   Ding, Z ^a,b   Anderson, A W ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Histology; Myelin; Registration; Validation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; DIFFUSION PARAMETERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR MRI; DTI; FIBER DENSITY; FIBER PROPERTIES; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GOLD STANDARDS; IMAGING METHOD; IN-VIVO; INDIRECT MEASURE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; MYELIN; MYELINATED FIBERS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; REGISTRATION; TENSOR ORIENTATION; TISSUE PROPERTIES; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VALIDATION; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBERS; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

TENSORS;

MYELIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENSITY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AOTIDAE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 84862319217     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1810     Document Type: Article

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