Diffusion tensor imaging of mouse brain stem and cervical spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-191

  Kim, Joong Hee ^a   Haldar, Justin ^b   Liang, Zhi Pei ^b   Song, Sheng Kwei ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial and radial diffusivity; Brain stem; Cervical spinal cord; Diffusion anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 57649202853     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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