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Review
. 2008 May-Jun;32(3):463-74.
doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31811ec6d4.

The influence of diffusion- and relaxation-related factors on signal intensity: an introductive guide to magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging studies

Stefano Colagrande  1 , Giacomo Belli, Letterio Salvatore Politi, Lorenzo Mannelli, Filippo Pasquinelli, Natale Villari
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Review

The influence of diffusion- and relaxation-related factors on signal intensity: an introductive guide to magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging studies

Stefano Colagrande et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2008 May-Jun.

Abstract

In magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging, signal intensity is influenced simultaneously by temperature, diffusivity, b value, pseudodiffusion, macroscopic motion, and T2-weighted intensity value. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to discuss and exemplify the influence that such factors and the related modifications have on signal intensity. Apparent diffusion coefficient, shine-through and pseudodiffusion will also be examined to show how T2-weighted signal intensity value and nondiffusional intravoxel incoherent motion can affect the diffusion-weighted imaging.

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