Direct visualization of the subthalamic nucleus and its iron distribution using high-resolution susceptibility mapping

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2831-2842

  Schäfer, Andreas ^a   Forstmann, Birte U ^b   Neumann, Jane ^a   Wharton, Sam ^c   Mietke, Alexander ^a   Bowtell, Richard ^c   Turner, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron; Phase; STN; Subthalamic nucleus; Susceptibility; SWI

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; MALE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84864145516     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21404     Document Type: Article

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