Mohr diagram interpretation of anisotropic diffusion indices in MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 567-572

  Bilgen, Mehmet ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Kidney; Mohr diagram; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0041806856     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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