Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord at 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Rossi, Cristina ^a,b,c   Boss, A ^a   Lindig, T M ^a,c,d   Martirosian, P ^a   Steidle, G ^a   Maetzler, W ^d   Claussen, C D ^a   Klose, U ^a   Schick, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Enrico Fern Center   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MR diffusion perfusion; MR imaging; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 34247642784     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-962832     Document Type: Article

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