Low b-value diffusion-weighted imaging: Emerging applications in the body

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1266-1273

  Takahara, Taro ^a,b   Kwee, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LOW B VALUE DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84862080090     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22857     Document Type: Review

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