An exploration into diffusion tensor imaging in the bovine ocular lens

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 MAR, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Vaghefi, Ehsan ^a,b   Donaldson, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Micro circulation; Mri; Ocular lens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; LENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRENGTH;

EID: 84879470789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00033     Document Type: Article

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