Mapping postnatal mouse brain development with diffusion tensor microimaging Export

@article{citeulike:1554732, abstract = {While mouse brain development has been extensively studied using histology, quantitative characterization of morphological changes is still a challenging task. This paper presents how developing brain structures can be quantitatively characterized with magnetic resonance diffusion tensor microimaging coupled with techniques of computational anatomy. High resolution diffusion tensor images of ex vivo postnatal mouse brains provide excellent contrasts to reveal the evolutions of mouse forebrain structures. Using anatomical landmarks defined on diffusion tensor images, tissue level growth patterns of mouse brains were quantified. The results demonstrate the use of these techniques to three-dimensionally and quantitatively characterize brain growth.}, author = {Zhang, Jiangyang and Miller, Michael I. and Plachez, Celine and Richards, Linda J. and Yarowsky, Paul and van Zijl, Peter and Mori, Susumu}, citeulike-article-id = {1554732}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.03.009}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15961044}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15961044}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WNP-4G0M3S9-2/2/87275bc81fd3729f3005aa7c421b1bba}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.03.009}, journal = {NeuroImage}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {1042--1051}, posted-at = {2009-05-13 02:29:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Mapping postnatal mouse brain development with diffusion tensor microimaging}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.03.009}, volume = {26}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1554732 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1554732 N2 - While mouse brain development has been extensively studied using histology, quantitative characterization of morphological changes is still a challenging task. This paper presents how developing brain structures can be quantitatively characterized with magnetic resonance diffusion tensor microimaging coupled with techniques of computational anatomy. High resolution diffusion tensor images of ex vivo postnatal mouse brains provide excellent contrasts to reveal the evolutions of mouse forebrain structures. Using anatomical landmarks defined on diffusion tensor images, tissue level growth patterns of mouse brains were quantified. The results demonstrate the use of these techniques to three-dimensionally and quantitatively characterize brain growth. IS - 4 JF - NeuroImage EP - 1051 TI - Mapping postnatal mouse brain development with diffusion tensor microimaging VL - 26 SP - 1042 AU - Zhang, Jiangyang AU - Miller, Michael AU - Plachez, Celine AU - Richards, Linda AU - Yarowsky, Paul AU - van Zijl, Peter AU - Mori, Susumu PY - 2005/07/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.03.009 ER -