Optimization of diffusion-tensor MR imaging data acquisition parameters for brain fiber tracking using parallel imaging at 3 T

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-238

  Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Koshikawa, Tokiko ^a   Kawai, Hisashi ^a   Fukatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Ishigaki, Takeo ^a   Maruyama, Katsuya ^b   Takizawa, Osamu ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor; Fiber tracking; MR; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROCOMPUTERS; NERVE FIBERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0842323846     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2163-6     Document Type: Article

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