The role of diffusion tensor imaging in the evaluation of ischemic brain - A review

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 561-569

  Sotak, Christopher H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Diffusion anisotropy; Diffusion imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging; Water apparent diffusion coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CELL MEMBRANES; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE; WATER;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI);

BRAIN;

MYELIN; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STROKE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; WATER;

EID: 0036868705     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.786     Document Type: Review

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