Lesion growth and degeneration patterns measured using diffusion tensor 9.4-T magnetic resonance imaging in rat spinal cord injury: Presented at the 2009 Joint Spine Section Meeting

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-192

  Ellingson, Benjamin M ^a   Schmit, Brian D ^b   Kurpad, Shekar N ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Ex vivo; In vivo; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77955121701     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09523     Document Type: Article

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