Proton MR spectroscopic imaging of the medulla and cervical spinal cord

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1101-1105

  Edden, Richard A E ^a,b   Bonekamp, David ^a   Smith, Mari A ^c   Dubey, Prachi ^b   Barker, Peter B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Medulla; Metabolism; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 35148894182     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21008     Document Type: Article

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