Spatio-temporal anomalous diffusion imaging: Results in controlled phantoms and in excised human meningiomas

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-365

  Capuani, Silvia ^a   Palombo, Marco ^a   Gabrielli, Andrea ^b   Orlandi, Augusto ^c   Maraviglia, Bruno ^d,e   Pastore, Francesco S ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Diffusion time variable PGSTE; Disorder degree; Magnetic susceptibility differences; Meningiomas; Non Gaussian diffusion; Polystyrene micro beads; Stretched exponential model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETISM; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84875270729     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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