On the effects of gating in diffusion imaging of the brain using single shot EPI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1125-1128

  Skare, Stefan ^a   Andersson, Jesper L R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cardiac gating; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Triggering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HEART; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; TIME;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; MOTION; PULSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035488291     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(01)00415-5     Document Type: Article

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