Whole-body diffusion tensor imaging: A feasibility study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 183-188

  Kenkel, David ^a   Von Spiczak, Jochen ^a   Wurnig, Moritz C ^a   Filli, Lukas ^a   Steidle, Günter ^b   Wyss, Michael ^c   Boss, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diffusion; diffusion tensor imaging; diffusion weighted imaging; DTI; magnetic resonance; whole body

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IMAGING PARAMETERS; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; RESEARCH APPLICATIONS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHOLE-BODY;

DIFFUSION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY MRI; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955702526     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000324     Document Type: Article

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