MRI measurements of water diffusion: Impact of region of interest selection on ischemic quantification

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-201

  Ozsunar, Yelda ^a,b   Koseoglu, Kutsi ^a   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^b   Koroshetz, Walter ^b   Sorensen, A Gregory ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Brain; Diffusion; Infarction; Ischemia; Magnetic resonance; Region of interest; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; TENSORS; WATER;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC); FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY (FA); ISCHEMIC LESIONS; REGION OF INTEREST;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3843129670     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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