Characterization of imaging gradients in diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Özcan, Alpay ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Imaging gradients; Linear algebra

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT MATRIX; CROSS-TERMS; DIFFUSION GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ESTIMATION EQUATIONS; GRADIENT MAGNITUDE; IMAGING GRADIENTS; LINEAR-ALGEBRAIC; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; SIGNAL SAMPLES;

ALGEBRA; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

TENSORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77957957615     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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