Extracting the inclination angle of nerve fibers within the human brain with 3D-PLI independent of system properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8873, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Reckfort, Julia ^a,b   Wiese, Hendrik ^a,b   Dohmen, Melanie ^a   Grässel, David ^a   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^a,b   Zilles, Karl ^a,c   Amunts, Katrin ^a,d   Axer, Markus ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectome; Fiber orientation; Human brain; Polarized light imaging

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANES; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEUROIMAGING; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CONNECTOME; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; HISTOLOGICAL SLICES; HUMAN BRAIN; MICHELSON CONTRASTS; NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION;

FIBERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; CELLS; FIBER ORIENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84888993156     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2023198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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