Relative indices of water diffusion anisotropy are equivalent in live and formalin-fixed mouse brains

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 743-748

  Sun, Shu Wei ^a   Neil, Jeffrey J ^b   Song, Sheng Kwei ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial and radial diffusivity; Diffusion anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Fixation; Mouse brain

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FORMALDEHYDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; NITROGEN FIXATION; TENSORS; TISSUE;

AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION INDICES; DIRECTIONAL CORRELATIONS; LABORATORY PRACTICES; MOUSE BRAIN; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; REGIONS OF INTEREST;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE FIXATION; WATER DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; WATER TRANSPORT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0141729437     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10605     Document Type: Article

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