Diffusion tensor imaging of kidneys with respiratory triggering: Optimization of parameters to demonstrate anisotropic structures on fraction anisotropy maps

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 736-744

  Kataoka, Masako ^a,b   Kido, Aki ^c   Yamamoto, Akira ^d   Nakamoto, Yuji ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^e   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Maetani, Yoji ^a   Umeoka, Shigeaki ^f   Tamai, Ken ^a   Saga, Tsuneo ^g   Morisawa, Nobuko ^a   Mori, Susumu ^h   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Kidney; Respiratory triggering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449094082     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21669     Document Type: Article

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