Whole brain myelin mapping using T1- and T2-weighted MR imaging data

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Ganzetti, Marco ^a,b   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a,c   Mantini, Dante ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain integrity assessment; Brain mapping; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelin enhanced contrast; Myelin mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906896342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00671     Document Type: Article

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