The minimum spanning tree: An unbiased method for brain network analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-188

  Tewarie, P ^a   van Dellen, E ^a,b,c   Hillebrand, A ^a   Stam, C J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex brain networks; Connectivity; Functional and structural networks; Graph theory; Minimum spanning tree

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 84921507282     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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