New Methods in Diffusion-Weighted and Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-204

  Bammer, Roland ^a   Holdsworth, Samantha J ^a   Veldhuis, Wouter B ^b   Skare, Stefan T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Diffusion weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression; Parallel imaging; Whole body diffusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 65349188921     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2009.01.011     Document Type: Review

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