Diffusion MR Imaging: Basic Principles

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-25

  Yang, Edward ^a   Nucifora, Paolo G ^a,b   Melhem, Elias R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical neurology; Diffusion MRI; Diffusion tensor imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 79953313635     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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