Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 77-87 , January 2008

In vivo visualization of displacement-distribution-derived parameters in q-space imaging

  • Jimmy Lätt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 46 178543; fax: +46 46 178540.
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  • Markus Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
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  • Ronnie Wirestam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
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  • Edvin Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
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  • Elna-Marie Larsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Sweden
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  • Freddy Stȧhlberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Sweden
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  • Sara Brockstedt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Sweden

Received 26 September 2006 ,Revised 5 April 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.04.001

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 77-87 , January 2008

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