Artifacts and pitfalls in diffusion MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 478-488

  Le Bihan, Denis ^a,b   Poupon, Cyril ^a   Amadon, Alexis ^a   Lethimonnier, Franck ^a  

^a SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Diffusion; Eddy currents; EPI; MRI physics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 33748278041     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20683     Document Type: Review

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