An improved method for spinal functional MRI with large volume coverage of the spinal cord

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 520-526

  Stroman, Patrick W ^a,b,c,d   Kornelsen, Jennifer ^b   Lawrence, Jane ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fMRI; Human; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methods; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; THERMAL STIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE TYPES;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 17844410135     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20315     Document Type: Article

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