Clinical applications of diffusion tensor tractography of the spinal cord

Neuroradiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Vargas, Maria Isabel ^a   Delavelle, Jacqueline ^a   Jlassi, Helmi ^a   Rilliet, Bénédict ^a   Viallon, Magalie ^a   Becker, Christoph D ^a   Lövblad, Karl Olof ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpital Universitaire HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord; Spine

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ASTROCYTOMA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37549007516     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0309-y     Document Type: Article

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