Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-60

  Gulani, Vikas ^a   Sundgren, Pia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANATOMY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MATURATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUMOR; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646848938     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wno.0000205978.86281.3e     Document Type: Review

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