Examining brain microstructure using structure tensor analysis of histological sections

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Budde, Matthew D ^a,b   Frank, Joseph A ^b,c,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Crossing fibers; Diffusion tensor imaging; DiI; Fiber orientation; FODs; GFAP; Histology; MAP2; MBP; ST; Structure tensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSTRUCTURE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864039331     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.042     Document Type: Article

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