Effect of scanner in longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging studies

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 466-477

  Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Hayashi, Naoto ^a   Kabasawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GE HealthCare Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bias; Diffusion tensor imaging; Drift; Longitudinal study; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reliability; Reproducibility; Scanner; Upgrade; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84855946360     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21225     Document Type: Article

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