How to perform diffusion-weighted imaging

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 195-201

  Bydder, G M ^a   Rutherford, M A ^a   Hajnal, J V ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Brain; Diffusion weighted imaging; Infarction; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOLECULE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIZATION; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035018726     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000281     Document Type: Article

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