Basic concepts of mr imaging, diffusion mr imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  de Figueiredo, Eduardo H M S G ^a   Borgonovi, Arthur F N G ^b,c   Doring, Thomas M ^d,e  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Research Institute HCor Hospital do Coração   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e Section of Pediatric Radiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649743737     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2010.10.005     Document Type: Review

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