A multiple echo pulse sequence for diffusion tensor imaging and its application in excised rat spinal cords

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 868-873

  Gulani, Vikas ^a,b,c   Iwamoto, Gary A ^a,b   Jiang, Hong ^a,e   Shimony, Joshua S ^a,d   Webb, Andrew G ^a   Lauterbur, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Biomed Magnetic Reson Laboratory   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion MRI; Diffusion tensor; Multiple echoes; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; RATS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TENSORS;

CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY; DIFFUSION MRIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR; IMAGING SEQUENCE; ITS APPLICATIONS; MULTIPLE-ECHO; SELF-DIFFUSION TENSORS; SPINAL CORDS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030689056     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380603     Document Type: Article

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