Effects of different field strengths, gradient directions, and acquisitions on fractional anisotropy in diffusion tensor imaging: A tract-based spatial statistics study

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 43 B, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Seo, Youngseob ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Field strengths; Fractional anisotropy; Gradient directions; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874330678     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.21230     Document Type: Article

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