Effects of diffusion anisotropy on lesion delineation in a rat model of cerebral ischemia

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 662-668

  Lythgoe, Mark F ^a   Busza, Albert L ^a   Calamante, Fernando ^a   Sotak, Christopher H ^a,b   King, Martin D ^a   Bingham, Anna C ^a   Williams, Stephen R ^a   Gadian, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cerebral ischemia; Diffusion tensor trace; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030884599     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380421     Document Type: Article

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