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Abstract #1908

Diffusion MR Imaging with Anisotropic MPG for Better Depiction of Pyramidal Tract

Yuichi Suzuki1, Yoshitaka Masutani1, 2, Kenji Ito1, 2, Kenji Ino1, Katsuya Maruyama3, Thorsten Feiweier4, Yasushi Watanabe1, Yoshirou Satake1, Masami Goto1, Akira Kunimatu1, 2, Masaaki Akahane1, Keiichi Yano1, Kuni Ohtomo1, 2

1Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; 2Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Japan; 3Siemens Japan K.K., Japan; 4Siemens AG, Germany

Our goal is depicting pyramidal tract with our anisotropic MPG and to compare the ability of depiction anisotropic MPG with Jones (isotropic) MPG.

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