Sensitivity and specificity of in vivo diffusion-weighted MRI in acute spinal cord injury

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1173-1179

  Yin, Bo ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Ye, Jichao ^a   Wu, Yanfeng ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Huang, Lin ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Shen, Huiyong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute spinal cord injury; Diffusion weighted MRI; Rabbits; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955559550     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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