The diffusion parameter in Magnetic Resonance: Physics, techniques and semeiotics;Il parametro «diffusione» in Risonanza Magnetica: Elementi di fisica, tecnica e semeiotica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Colagrande, Stefano ^a   Pallotta, Stefania ^a   Vanzulli, Angelo ^b   Napolitano, Marcello ^b   Villari, Natale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 16244404913     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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