Visualizing non-Gaussian diffusion: Clinical application of q-space imaging and diffusional kurtosis imaging of the brain and spine

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 221-233

  Hori, Masaaki ^a   Fukunaga, Issei ^a,b   Masutani, Yoshitaka ^c   Taoka, Toshiaki ^d   Kamagata, Koji ^a   Suzuki, Yuriko ^e   Aoki, Shigeki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Kurtosis; MRI; Non Gaussian; Q space imaging

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; WATER;

EID: 84872073538     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.11.221     Document Type: Review

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