Readout-segmented EPI for rapid high resolution diffusion imaging at 3T

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-46

  Holdsworth, Samantha J ^a   Skare, Stefan ^a   Newbould, Rexford D ^a   Guzmann, Raphael ^b   Blevins, Nikolas H ^b   Bammer, Roland ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Echo planar imaging; MRI; Parallel imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT MONITORING;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI); ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; PARALLEL IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHOLESTEATOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLESTEATOMA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 37549018525     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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