Effects of cord motion on diffusion imaging of the spinal cord

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 334-339

  Kharbanda, Hardave S ^a   Alsop, David C ^b   Anderson, Adam W ^c   Filardo, Giovanni ^d,e   Hackney, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Motion; MRI; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OXIMETERS; RADIOLOGY; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION GRADIENTS; MOTION; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPINAL CORDS; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; VELOCITY COMPENSATION;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PULSE OXIMETER; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE SHOT FAST SPIN ECHO DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 33746747024     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20959     Document Type: Article

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