Diffusion tensor microscopy of the intervertebral disc anulus fibrosus

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 992-999

  Hsu, Edward W ^a,b   Setton, Lori A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anulus fibrosus; Diffusion tensor; Intervertebral disc; MR microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MORPHOLOGY; TENSORS;

ANULUS FIBROSUS; BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; DIFFUSION TENSOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MR MICROSCOPY; ORIENTATION ANGLES; RELAXATION ANISOTROPY; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DIFFUSION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROSCOPY; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SWINE;

EID: 0032924341     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199905)41:5<992::AID-MRM19>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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