New diffusion phantoms dedicated to the study and validation of high-angular-resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) models

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1276-1283

  Poupon, Cyril ^a,b,d   Rieul, Bernard ^b   Kezele, Irina ^a,b   Perrin, Muriel ^c   Poupon, Fabrice ^a,b   Mangin, Jean François ^a,b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b Institut Federatif de Recherche 49   (France)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion imaging; HARDI; Physical phantoms; Q ball; Tractography

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION;

ACRYLIC FIBERS; DIFFUSION IMAGING; HARDI; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION IMAGING; IMAGING PARAMETERS; PHANTOM DATA; Q-BALLS; TRACTOGRAPHY;

PHANTOMS;

GADOTERIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 57149086459     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21789     Document Type: Article

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