Regional ADC measurements during normal brain aging in the clinical range of b values: A DWI study

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 637-644

  Klimas, Aleksandra ^a   Drzazga, Zofia ^a   Kluczewska, Ewa ^b,c   Hartel, Marcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MCD Voxel Magnetic Resonance Department in Zabrze   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; B values; Diffusion weighted imaging; Interhemispheric asymmetry; Normal brain aging; Normal brain development

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B-VALUES; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; INTERHEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY;

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMIOVAL CENTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; REFERENCE VALUES; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879257950     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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