Single-shot multiecho parallel echo-planar imaging (EPI) for diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and reduced distortion

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1512-1517

  Nana, Roger ^a   Zhao, Tiejun ^b   Hu, Xiaoping ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact reduction; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; GRAPPA; Parallel imaging; SNR improvement

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSORS;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GRAPPA; PARALLEL IMAGING; SNR IMPROVEMENT;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

EID: 57149115572     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21770     Document Type: Article

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