In vivo detection of microscopic anisotropy using quadruple pulsed-field gradient (qPFG) diffusion MRI on a clinical scanner

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-239

  Avram, Alexandru V ^a   Özarslan, Evren ^a,b   Sarlls, Joelle E ^c   Basser, Peter J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Diffusion MRI; Diffusion weighted image; Microscopic anisotropy; Multiple pulsed field gradient; Multiple wave vector

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPIC ANISOTROPY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPLE PULSED FIELD GRADIENT DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867460313     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.048     Document Type: Article

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