Apparent diffusion coefficient, fractional anisotropy and T2 relaxation time measurement: Does the field strength matter?

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Ding, Xiao Qi ^a,b   Finsterbusch, Jürgen ^a   Wittkugel, Oliver ^a   Saager, Christian ^a   Goebell, Einar ^a   Fitting, Thies ^a   Grzyska, Ulrich ^a   Zeumer, Hermann ^a   Fiehler, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain; Fractional anisotropy; Myelination; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 36348960182     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-007-7026-0     Document Type: Article

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