MRI quantification of non-Gaussian water diffusion by kurtosis analysis

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 698-710

  Jensen, Jens H ^a   Helpern, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion; DKI; DTI; Kurtosis; MRI; Non Gaussian

Indexed keywords

DKI; DTI; KURTOSIS; MRI; NON-GAUSSIAN;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DISEASES; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

TENSORS;

WATER;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIFFUSION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER;

EID: 77955660153     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1518     Document Type: Review

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