Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the lower spinal cord: Application to diastematomyelia and tethered cord

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2194-2199

  Filippi, Christopher G ^a   Andrews, Trevor ^a,b   Gonyea, Jay V ^a   Linnell, Grant ^a   Cauley, Keith A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diastematomyelia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Spinal cord; Tethered cord; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77957933351     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1797-4     Document Type: Article

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