Fiber estimation and tractography in diffusion MRI: Development of simulated brain images and comparison of multi-fiber analysis methods at clinical b-values

NeuroImage

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 341-356

  Wilkins, Bryce ^a,c,d   Lee, Namgyun ^a,b   Gajawelli, Niharika ^a,c,d   Law, Meng ^a,d   Leporé, Natasha ^a,c  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; Multiple fiber estimation; Quantitative metrics; Simulated data; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTI FIBER ANALYSIS METHOD; NEUROIMAGING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84923006123     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.060     Document Type: Article

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