Standardizing display conditions of diffusion-weighted images using concurrent b0 images: A multi-vendor multi-institutional study

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-137

  Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Ida, Masahiro ^b   Yamada, Kei ^c   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^d   Matsui, Mieko ^e  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

B0 image; Diffusion weighted image; Display condition; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PONS; STANDARD; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; DATA DISPLAY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; THALAMUS;

EID: 39549087086     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.133     Document Type: Article

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