Extended phase graphs with anisotropic diffusion

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-285

  Weigel, M ^a   Schwenk, S ^a   Kiselev, V G ^a   Scheffler, K ^b   Hennig, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion; Diffusion coefficient; Diffusion tensor; Diffusion weighted imaging; EPG; Extended phase graph; FSE; Multi pulse; RARE; TSE

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXTENDED PHASE GRAPH; MULTIPULSES; PHASE GRAPHS;

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77955306900     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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