Reliability of the corticospinal tract and arcuate fasciculus reconstructed with DTI-based tractography: Implications for clinical practice

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Kristo, Gert ^a,b,c   Leemans, Alexander ^d   De Gelder, Beatrice ^a   Raemaekers, Mathijs ^c   Rutten, Geert Jan ^b   Ramsey, Nick ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging fiber tractography; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Test retest reliability; Tract specific analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ELONGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84871291903     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2589-9     Document Type: Article

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