Exploring the 3D geometry of the diffusion kurtosis tensor-Impact on the development of robust tractography procedures and novel biomarkers

NeuroImage

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-99

  Neto Henriques, Rafael ^a   Correia, Marta Morgado ^a   Nunes, Rita Gouveia ^b   Ferreira, Hugo Alexandre ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crossing fibres; Diffusion kurtosis imaging; DKI; Multi compartmental models; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS TENSOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MYELINATED NERVE; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84923114322     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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