Considerations for measuring the fractional anisotropy of metabolites with diffusion tensor spectroscopy

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-280

  Ellegood, Jacob ^a   Hanstock, Chris C ^a   Beaulieu, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor spectroscopy; Fractional anisotropy; MRS

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS; B VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSIVITIES; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN BRAIN; IN-VIVO; ISOTROPIC VALUES; MRS; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIMULATED SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMOLECULES; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

TENSORS;

BUTANOL; CHOLINE; CREATINE; HEXANOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NONANOL; OCTANOL; PENTANOL; PROPANOL;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 79952679420     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1586     Document Type: Article

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