Effects of b-value and echo time on magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging-derived parameters at 1.5 t: A voxel-wise study

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-50

  Chou, Ming Chung ^a   Kao, E Fong ^a   Mori, Susumu ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Axial diffusivity (AD); Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Diffusion weighting factor (b value); Echo time (TE); Fractional anisotropy (FA); Mean diffusivity (MD); Principal eigenvector (PEV); Radial diffusivity (RD); Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; B VALUE; ECHO TIME; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; PRINCIPAL EIGEN-VECTOR; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

TENSORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTING FACTOR; ECHO TIME; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS; PRINCIPAL EIGENVECTOR; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84874989759     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1126     Document Type: Article

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