Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 413-417 , November 2010

Three-tesla diffusion tensor imaging of Meyer's loop by tractography, color-coded fractional anisotropy maps, and eigenvectors

  • Matthew L. White

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 981045 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-1045, USA. Tel.: +1 402 559 4617; fax: +1 402 559 1011.
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  • Yan Zhang

Received 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.11.010

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 413-417 , November 2010

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