The importance of axonal undulation in diffusion MR measurements: A Monte Carlo simulation study

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 795-805

  Nilsson, Markus ^a   Lätt, Jimmy ^b   Ståhlberg, Freddy ^a   van Westen, Danielle ^a,b   Hagslätt, Håkan ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Axonal undulation; Diffusion weighted MRI; Monte Carlo simulation; White matter

Indexed keywords

AXON DIAMETER; AXONAL UNDULATION; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSORS; TISSUE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSTURE;

EID: 84859639709     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1795     Document Type: Article

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