Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography of skeletal muscle: Optimization of b value for imaging at 1.5 T

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Saupe, Nadja ^a,b   White, Lawrence M ^a   Stainsby, Jeffrey ^a   Tomlinson, George ^a   Sussman, Marshall S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B value; Calf; Diffusion tensor MRI; Fiber tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67049158060     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1340     Document Type: Article

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