Principles and implementation of diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 739-748

  Roberts, Timothy P L ^a   Schwartz, Erin Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34547107299     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0516-z     Document Type: Review

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