Diffusion heterogeneity tensor MRI (α-DTI): Mathematics and initial applications in spinal cord regeneration after trauma

46th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium and 46th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 2009

Volumn 476, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-172

  Ellingson, Benjamin M ^a   Schmit, Brian D ^b   Gourab, Krishnaj ^b   Sieber Blum, Maya ^c   Hu, Yao F ^a   Schmainda, Kathleen M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha DWI; Diffusion MRI; DTI; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord regeneration

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BRAIN TUMORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DTI; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; HETEROGENEITY INDEX; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANOMALIES; NEURAL CRESTS; SELF-DIFFUSION; SINGLE LEVEL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS; STEM CELL;

DOSIMETRY; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

TENSORS;

EID: 72849118267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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