A multi-center study: Intra-scan and inter-scan variability of diffusion spectrum imaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-94

  Lemkaddem, A ^a   Daducci, A ^a   Vulliemoz, S ^b,g   O'Brien, K ^b,d   Lazeyras, F ^b,d   Hauf, M ^f   Wiest, R ^f   Meuli, R ^c,h   Seeck, M ^b,g   Krueger, G ^e   Thiran, J P ^a,c,h  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Siemens Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADC; DSI; DTI; FA; GFA; Multi center study; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION SPECTRUM IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SWITZERLAND; UNCINATE FASCICULUS;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861634731     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.04.045     Document Type: Article

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