High-resolution reduced field of view diffusion tensor imaging using spatially selective RF pulses

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1668-1679

  Gaggl, Wolfgang ^a   Jesmanowicz, Andrzej ^b   Prost, Robert W ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI; Pulse sequence design; RF pulse design; Ultra high resolution; White matter imaging

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPINNING (FIBERS); TENSORS;

DIRECT SAMPLING RF; FREQUENCY PROFILES; IMAGING RESOLUTIONS; PULSE SEQUENCE; RF PULSE DESIGNS; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER FIBERS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION TO NOISE RATIO; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; PROCEDURES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WHITE MATTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84911989663     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25092     Document Type: Article

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