Clinical Applications of Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-298

  Huston, Jason M ^a   Field, Aaron S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Image guided therapy; Lesion localization; Preoperative planning; Tissue characterization; Tract mapping; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84877105128     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: 15579786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2012.12.003     Document Type: Review

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