High-resolution diffusion tensor imaging with inner field-of-view EPI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 987-993

  Finsterbusch, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebellum; DTI; EPI; Inner field of view; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROIMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 65249146101     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21717     Document Type: Article

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