Diffusion, confusion and functional MRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1131-1136

  Le Bihan, Denis ^a,b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain function; Diffusion MRI; FMRI; IVIM

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; STROKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84862985414     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.058     Document Type: Review

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