Contrast and stability of the axon diameter index from microstructure imaging with diffusion MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 711-721

  Dyrby, Tim B ^a   Søgaard, Lise V ^a   Hall, Matt G ^b   Ptito, Maurice ^a,c,d   Alexander, Daniel C ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ActiveAx; AxCaliber; brain; DTI; magnetic resonance imaging; model; monkey

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ACTIVEAX; AXCALIBER; AXON DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE IMAGING; MONKEY; OPTIMIZED PROTOCOL; PULSED GRADIENT SPIN ECHOS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHLOROCEBUS; CONTRAST; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; HAPLORHINI; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPLORHINI; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883251592     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24501     Document Type: Article

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