Diffusion weighted inner volume imaging of lumbar disks based on turbo-STEAM acquisition

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-227

  Hiepe, Patrick ^a   Herrmann, Karl Heinz ^a   Ros, Christian ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Inner volume imaging; Intervertebral disk degeneration; Lumbar spine; Turbo STEAM MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD OF VIEW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNER VOLUME IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULATED ECHO ACQUISITION MODE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860417786     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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