Microscopic diffusion anisotropy in the human brain: Reproducibility, normal values, and comparison with the fractional anisotropy

NeuroImage

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-297

  Lawrenz, Marco ^a,b   Brassen, Stefanie ^a,b   Finsterbusch, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

D PFG; Double wave vector diffusion weighting; DWV; FA; IMA index; MA; Microscopic diffusion anisotropy; White matter integrity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921866348     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.01.025     Document Type: Article

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