Contrast-to-noise ratios for indices of anisotropy obtained from diffusion MRI: A study with standard clinical b-values at 3T

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1103-1115

  Correia, Marta Morgado ^a,b   Newcombe, Virginia F J ^b   Williams, Guy B ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast to noise ratio; Diffusion MRI; Index of anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENTROPY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959709848     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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