COMMIT: Convex optimization modeling for microstructure informed tractography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 246-257

  Daducci, Alessandro ^a,b   Dal Palù, Alessandro ^c   Lemkaddem, Alia ^a   Thiran, Jean Philippe ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convex optimization; diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); global tractography; tissue microstructure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; DIFFUSION; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MULTI-COMPARTMENT MODELS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES; TRACTOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGING PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84937572796     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2352414     Document Type: Article

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