Variability in diffusion kurtosis imaging: Impact on study design, statistical power and interpretation

NeuroImage

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-154

  Szczepankiewicz, Filip ^a   Lätt, Jimmy ^b   Wirestam, Ronnie ^a   Leemans, Alexander ^c   Sundgren, Pia ^a,b   van Westen, Danielle ^a   Ståhlberg, Freddy ^a   Nilsson, Markus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion kurtosis imaging; Group size; Statistical power; Study design; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MEAN KURTOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIAL KURTOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SUPERIOR CINGULUM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE;

EID: 84876345487     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.078     Document Type: Article

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