Increased diffusion sensitivity with hyperechos

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1098-1105

  Frank, Lawrence R ^a,b   Wong, Eric C ^a   Liu, Thomas T ^a   Buxton, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion anisotropy; High angular resolution diffusion; Hyperechoes

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTING; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; HUMAN BRAIN; HYPERECHOES; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPIN ECHO; STIMULATED ECHOS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0038101619     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10457     Document Type: Article

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