Diffusion-weighted imaging of cerebral infarctions: Are higher b values better?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 622-627

  Burdette, Jonathan H ^a   Elster, Allen D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral infarction; Diffusion imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

B VALUE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGING SEQUENCE; MATRIX; MEAN AGES; PLANAR DIFFUSIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

EID: 0036656564     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200207000-00026     Document Type: Article

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