A phantom for diffusion-weighted imaging of acute stroke

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1349-1354

  Laubach, Hans J ^a   Jakob, Peter M ^a   Loevblad, Karl O ^a   Baird, Alison E ^a   Bovo, Maria Picone ^a   Edelman, Robert R ^a   Warach, Steven ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Phantom Volumetry; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROKE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0031784733     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080627     Document Type: Article

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