High resolution diffusion-weighted imaging in fixed human brain using diffusion-weighted steady state free precession

NeuroImage

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 775-785

  McNab, Jennifer A ^a   Jbabdi, Saâd ^a   Deoni, Sean C L ^a,b   Douaud, Gwenaëlle ^a   Behrens, Timothy E J ^a,c   Miller, Karla L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion; Steady state free precession; Tractography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64949172075     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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