Principles of diffusion-weighted MR imaging and application to clinical neurology

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 954-956

  Okubo, Toshiyuki ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^b   Abe, Osamu ^b   Masutani, Yoshitaka ^b   Ohtomo, Kuni ^b   Hori, Masaaki ^c   Ishigame, Keiichi ^c   Araki, Tsutomu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tractography

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PROTON;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACT; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 10944263844     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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