Q-ball imaging models: comparison between high and low angular resolution diffusion-weighted MRI protocols for investigation of brain white matter integrity

Neuroradiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 209-215

  Caiazzo, Giuseppina ^a   Trojsi, Francesca ^a   Cirillo, Mario ^a   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^a   Esposito, Fabrizio ^b,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DTI; Fiber tracts; Fractional anisotropy; HARDI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION WEIGHTED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; LOW ANGULAR RESOLUTION DIFFUSION WEIGHTED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; Q BALL IMAGING; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84959355315     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-015-1616-3     Document Type: Article

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