Three-dimensional characterization of non-gaussian water diffusion in humans using diffusion kurtosis imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-247

  Lu, Hanzhang ^a   Jensen, Jens H ^a   Ramani, Anita ^a   Helpern, Joseph A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; DKI; DTI; Kurtosis; Non Gaussian

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; WATER;

APPARENT KURTOSIS COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WATER; CALCULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY WATER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; WATER;

EID: 33645528768     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1020     Document Type: Article

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