Toward a practical protocol for human optic nerve DTI with EPI geometric distortion correction

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 699-707

  Techavipoo, Udomchai ^a,b,c   Okai, Annette F ^b   Lackey, John ^a   Shi, Jianrong ^a   Dresner, Michael A ^d   Leist, Thomas P ^b   Lai, Song ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Distortion correction; Echo planar imaging; Field mapping; Optic nerve; Partial volume artifacts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 70349694365     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21836     Document Type: Article

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