Assignment of the water slow-diffusing component in the central nervous system using q-space diffusion MRS: Implications for fiber tract imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-199

  Assaf, Yaniv ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion weighted MRI (DWI); MRS; Q space; White matter

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; FIBERS; MAMMALS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION; Q-SPACE; SLOW DECAYING COMPONENTS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE-MATTER FIBER TRACTS;

DIFFUSION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0033973272     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(200002)43:2<191::AID-MRM5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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