Inter-sequence and inter-imaging unit variability of diffusion tensor MR imaging histogram-derived metrics of the brain in healthy volunteers

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 638-643

  Cercignani, Mara ^a   Bammer, Roland ^b,c   Sormani, Maria P ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^c   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347078306     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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