MR diffusion kurtosis imaging for neural tissue characterization

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 836-848

  Wu, Ed X ^a   Cheung, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion kurtosis imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted signal; DKI; DTI; Kurtosis; MRI; Neural tissue; Restricted diffusion; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSORS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; KURTOSIS; NEURAL TISSUE; RESTRICTED DIFFUSION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

BIOPHYSICS; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

RODENTIA;

EID: 78650475622     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1506     Document Type: Review

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