Magnetic resonance imaging and mathematical modeling of progressive formalin fixation of the human brain

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 324-332

  Yong Hing, Charlotte J ^a   Obenaus, Andre ^b   Stryker, Rodrick ^c   Tong, Karen ^d   Sarty, Gordon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion; Forensic pathology; MRI; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION MODEL; DIFFUSIVE MASS TRANSFER; FORMALIN FIXATION; POSTMORTEM; PROTON DENSITY; T1 RELAXATION;

FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 22744439880     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20578     Document Type: Article

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