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Diffusion MRI tractography technique enables non-invasive visualization of the white matter pathways in the brain. It plays a crucial role in neuroscience and clinical fields by facilitating the study of brain connectivity and neurological…
This article introduces a new methodology for reconstructing the white matter fiber pathways of brain in diffusion MRI. Usually, the signal intensity values will be lesser in the direction of higher diffusivity. The proposed approach picks…
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