Diffusion tensor imaging of Ex vivo cervical spinal cord specimens: The immediate and long-term effects of fixation on diffusivity

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-241

  Kim, T H ^a   Zollinger, L ^a   Shi, X F ^b   Rose, J ^a   Jeong, E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion MRI; Effect of fixation; Microstructure of cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BODY WATER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SPINAL CORD; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 59949101572     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20823     Document Type: Article

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