Exploration of the Brain's White Matter Structure through Visual Abstraction and Multi-Scale Local Fiber Tract Contraction

We present a visualization technique for brain fiber tracts from DTI data that provides insight into the structure of white matter through visual abstraction. We achieve this abstraction by analyzing the local similarity of tract segment directions at different scales using a stepwise increase of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 21(2015), 7 vom: 10. Juli, Seite 808-21
1. Verfasser: Everts, Maarten H (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Begue, Eric, Bekker, Henk, Roerdink, Jos B T M, Isenberg, Tobias
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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