Introduction to the basic principles and techniques of diffusion-weighted imaging;Einführung in die Grundlagen und Techniken der Diffusionsbildgebung

Radiologe

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-179

  Laun, F B ^a,b   Fritzsche, K H ^b,c   Kuder, T A ^a   Stieltjes, B ^b  

^a Med Physik in der Radiologie   (Germany)

^b DKFZ Heidelberg   (Germany)

^c DKFZ Heidelberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basic principles; Diffusion; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Technique; Tensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 79954561795     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-010-2057-y     Document Type: Article

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