Gradient echo based fiber orientation mapping using R2* and frequency difference measurements

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 1011-1023

  Wharton, Samuel ^a   Bowtell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber direction; Gradient echo MRI; Magnetic susceptibility; Microstructure; Myelin water; Phase contrast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SWINE; WHITE MATTER;

FIBER DIRECTION; GRADIENT-ECHO MRI; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYELIN-WATER; PHASE CONTRAST;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84886443010     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.054     Document Type: Article

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