Diffusion-weighted MRI in anterior spinal artery stroke of the cervical spinal cord

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 410-414

  Sagiuchi, Takao ^a,c   Iida, Hideo ^b   Tachibana, Shigekuni ^a   Kusumi, Mari ^a   Kan, Shinichi ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b International Goodwill Hospital   (Japan)

^c International Goodwill Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal artery; Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI); Spinal cord; Stroke

Indexed keywords

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ANTERIOR SPINAL ARTERY; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI); DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; SINGLE-SHOT; SPINAL-CORD; STROKE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANTERIOR SPINAL ARTERY SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0037741052     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200305000-00018     Document Type: Article

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