Two-step anomalous diffusion tensor imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Hall, Matt G ^a   Barrick, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Biexponential decay; Diffusion MRI; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Non monoexponential decay

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; BIEXPONENTIAL DECAY; DTI; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; NON-MONOEXPONENTIAL DECAY;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

TENSORS;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84855987270     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1747     Document Type: Article

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