Biexponential analysis of diffusion-related signal decay in normal human cortical and deep gray matter

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 897-904

  Maier, Stephan E ^a   Mulkern, Robert V ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biexponential signal decay; Cortical gray matter; Deep gray matter; FLAIR; High b diffusion imaging; Line scan diffusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 48649088802     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.01.042     Document Type: Article

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