Magnetic resonance imaging diffusion tensor tractography: Evaluation of anatomic accuracy of different fiber tracking software packages

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-150

  Feigl, Guenther C ^a   Hiergeist, Wolfgang ^a   Fellner, Claudia ^a   Schebesch, Karl Michael M ^a   Doenitz, Christian ^a   Finkenzeller, Thomas ^a   Brawanski, Alexander ^a   Schlaier, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomic accuracy; Brain mapping; DTI; Navigation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER FIBER; YOUNG ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER;

ANATOMIC ACCURACY; BRAIN MAPPING; DTI; NAVIGATION; SURGERY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSURGERY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881266830     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.004     Document Type: Review

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