Integration of ultra-high field MRI and histology for connectome based research of brain disorders

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Shan ^a,b   Yang, Zhengyi ^c   Fischer, Karin ^a   Zhong, Kai ^d   Stadler, Jörg ^b   Godenschweger, Frank ^a   Steiner, Johann ^a,e   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,b,f   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^a,e   Mawrin, Christian ^a,e   Reutens, David C ^c   Speck, Oliver ^a,b,e,f   Walter, Martin ^a,b,e  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Center for Brain and Behavioral Sciences (CBBS)   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; 7 tesla; Biological psychiatry; Brain data base; Connectome; High resolution imaging; Post mortem; Translational neuroscience

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRA HIGH FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84885036664     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00031     Document Type: Article

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