Fractional anisotropy is higher in heschl's gyrus than in superior temporal gyrus in normal subjects

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Hiwatashi, Akio ^a   Zhong, Jianhui ^a   Ekholm, Sven E ^a   Westesson, Per Lennart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Auditory cortex; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HESCHL GYRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; AUDITORY CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 29944447568     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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