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Abstract #3608

Exploring the Structure of the Thalamus with DTI

Sarah Mang1

1German Cancer Research Center DKFZ, Heidelberg, DE, Germany

Presentation and comparison of different DTI based methods for the segmentation of substructures in the Thalamus. Advantages and disadvantages of the different method types are discussed.

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