Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of the human calf: Comparison between 1.5 t and 3.0 t-preliminary results

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 612-618

  Saupe, Nadja ^a,c   White, Lawrence M ^a   Sussman, Marshall S ^a   Kassner, Andrea ^a   Tomlinson, George ^a   Noseworthy, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b St Joseph1 4s Healthcare   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3.0 Tesla; Magnetic resonance diffusion; Muscle; Technical aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOLEUS MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55249092319     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31817e909f     Document Type: Article

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