Chasing shadows: What determines DTI metrics in gray matter regions? An in vitro and in vivo study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1103-1110

  Rulseh, Aaron M ^a   Keller, Jiří ^a,b   Tintěra, Jaroslav ^c   Kožíšek, Milan ^d   Vymazal, Josef ^a,b  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; brain iron; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; mean diffusivity; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; FERRITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN IRON; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; T2 RELAXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882268897     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24065     Document Type: Article

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