The importance of using a proper technique and accurate seeding of regions-of-interest in diffusion tensor tractography

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 235-236

  Kamali, Arash ^a   Hasan, Khader M ^b  

^a UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CAPSULA INTERNA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84898057174     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.01.016     Document Type: Letter

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