From the diffusion coefficient to the diffusion tensor

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 431-434

  Le Bihan, Denis ^a   Van Zijl, Peter ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); MRI; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE;

DIFFUSION TENSOR;

TISSUE;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); WATER;

EID: 0036868691     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.798     Document Type: Editorial

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