Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 10 , Pages 1507-1513 , December 2010

Analyzing diffusion tensor images with ghosting artifacts: the effects of direct and indirect normalization

  • Shan Shen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics, University of Reading, RG6 6AL Reading, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1183786949.
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  • Annette Sterr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH Guildford, UK

Received 9 December 2009 ,Revised 23 February 2010 ,Accepted 10 June 2010.

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PII: S0730-725X(10)00167-0

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.010

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 10 , Pages 1507-1513 , December 2010

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