Full tensor diffusion imaging is not required to assess the white-matter integrity in mouse contusion spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Tu, Tsang Wei ^a   Kim, Joong H ^b   Wang, Jian ^b   Song, Sheng Kwei ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Biomarkers; In vivo studies; MRI; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RODENT; SPINAL CORD CONTUSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 76349117260     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1026     Document Type: Article

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