Comparison of diffusion anisotropy measurements in combination with the FLAIR-technique

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 705-716

  Hirsch, Jochen G ^a   Bock, Michael ^a   Essig, Marco ^a   Schad, Lothar R ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain; EPI; FLAIR; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032984696     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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