High-resolution diffusion tensor imaging of the brain stem at 3 T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1325-1330

  Nagae Poetscher, Lidia M ^a   Jiang, Hangyi ^a   Wakana, Setsu ^a   Golay, Xavier ^a   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^a   Mori, Susumu ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETISM; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CRANIAL NERVES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETICS; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 16544370306     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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