Quantification of diffusivities of the human cervical spinal cord using a 2D single-shot interleaved multisection inner volume diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging technique

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 682-687

  Kim, T H ^a   Zollinger, L ^a   Shi, X F ^a,b   Kim, S E ^a   Rose, J ^a   Patel, A A ^a   Jeong, Eun Kee ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TWO DIMENSIONAL SINGLE SHOT INTERLEAVED MULTISECTION INNER VOLUME DIFFUSION WEIGHTED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 77950787469     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1881     Document Type: Article

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