COMPARISON OF OPTICAL POLARIMETRY AND DIFFUSION TENSOR MR IMAGING FOR ASSESSING MYOCARDIAL ANISOTROPY

MARIKA A. WALLENBURG; MIHAELA POP; MICHAEL F. G. WOOD; NIRMALYA GHOSH; GRAHAM A. WRIGHT; I. ALEX VITKIN

doi:10.1142/s1793545810000976

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