Ground truth hardware phantoms for validation of diffusion-weighted MRI applications

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 482-488

  Pullens, Pim ^a,b   Roebroeck, Alard ^a   Goebel, Rainer ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BRAIN INNOVATION B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Fiber tracking; Phantom; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COMPUTERS; CRUSTACEA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYESTERS;

EID: 77955393528     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22243     Document Type: Article

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