A new method for fast quantitative mapping of absolute water content in vivo

NeuroImage

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1156-1168

  Neeb, H ^a   Zilles, K ^a,b   Shah, N J ^a,b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 33744942355     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.12.063     Document Type: Article

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