Effects of gradient encoding and number of signal averages on fractional anisotropy and fiber density index in vivo at 1.5 tesla

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-113

  Widjaja, E ^a   Mahmoodabadi, S Z ^a   Rea, D ^a   Moineddin, R ^b   Vidarsson, L ^a   Nilsson, D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor; Gradient directions; Signal averaging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR; FIBER DENSITIES; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPIES; GRADIENT DIRECTIONS; HIGH ANISOTROPIES; IN-VIVO; INTERNAL CAPSULES; OPTIMAL SEQUENCES; REGIONS OF INTERESTS; SIGNAL AVERAGES; SIGNAL AVERAGING; T-SYSTEMS; TENSOR ESTIMATIONS;

TENSORS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 60649119836     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802555646     Document Type: Article

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