Reproducibility of tract-specific magnetization transfer and diffusion tensor imaging in the cervical spinal cord at 3 tesla

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Smith, Seth A ^a,b   Jones, Craig K ^a,b   Gifford, Aliya ^a   Belegu, Visar ^a,b   Chodkowski, BettyAnn ^a   Farrell, Jonathan A D ^a,b   Landman, Bennett A ^a,c   Reich, Daniel S ^b   Calabresi, Peter A ^b   McDonald, John W ^a,b   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer; Spinal cord; Tractography

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSIVITIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DORSAL COLUMNS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; NONINVASIVE VISUALIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER TRACTS;

DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

TENSORS;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149146795     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1447     Document Type: Article

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