IMPROVED CHARACTERIZATION OF WHITE MATTER FIBER BUNDLES USING DIFFUSION MRI

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has become the primary imaging modality for non-invasive characterization of the microstructure of living tissues, particularly of human white matter. Despite its success in various research areas and clinical applications, DTI is unable to describe adequately non-Gaus...

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Main Author: Hong, Xin
Other Authors: Adam W. Anderson
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2006
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12012006-131020/