Volumetric q-space imaging by 3D diffusion-weighted MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-445

  Hikishima, Keigo ^a,b   Yagi, Kazuo ^b   Numano, Tomokazu ^b   Homma, Kazuhiro ^a   Nitta, Naotaka ^a   Nakatani, Tetsu ^a   Hyodo, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D MP RAGE; DWI; High b value; q Space imaging; Spin dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SPACE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROBABILITY; RATS;

EID: 41949086793     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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