Analysis of b-value calculations in diffusion weighted and diffusion tensor imaging

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-66

  Güllmar, Daniel ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

B matrix; B value; Cross term; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ERROR; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; TISSUE;

EID: 18544378119     PISSN: 15466086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20031     Document Type: Article

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