High-field diffusion tensor imaging of mouse brain in vivo using single-shot STEAM MRI

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-117

  Boretius, Susann ^a   Würfel, Jens ^b   Zipp, Frauke ^b,c   Frahm, Jens ^a,c   Michaelis, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Gemeinnutzige Hertie Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tractography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FIBER; IN VIVO CULTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847392937     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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