Spinal cord atrophy in injured rodents: High-resolution MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 620-624

  Deng, Xiang ^a   Ramu, Jaivijay ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MSB 2100 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; B spline snake; Contour; MRI; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; MAMMALS; RADIOLOGY;

ATROPHY; B-SPLINE SNAKES; CONTOUR; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; FAST TECHNIQUES; HIGH RESOLUTION; NORMAL CONTROLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RAT; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY;

EID: 33847712623     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21163     Document Type: Article

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