Diffusion anisotropy in excised normal rat spinal cord measured by NMR microscopy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-450

  Inglis, B A ^a,d   Yang, L ^a,b   Wirth III, E D ^a,c   Plant, D ^a   Mareci, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion anisotropy; Diffusion tensor; Microscopy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MICROSCOPY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030800297     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00242-1     Document Type: Article

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