Pixel-based comparison of spinal cord MR diffusion anisotropy with axon packing parameters

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1510-1519

  Golabchi, Fatemeh N ^a   Brooks, Dana H ^a   Hoge, W Scott ^b   De Girolami, Umberto ^b   Maier, Stephan E ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Axon area fraction; Axon density; Diffusion; Gray matter; Spinal cord; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; PIXELS;

AREA FRACTION; AVERAGE CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; COMPUTERIZED SEGMENTATIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; LONGITUDINAL DIFFUSIONS; SPINAL CORDS; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77952716522     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22337     Document Type: Article

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