Fractional anisotropy levels derived from diffusion tensor imaging in cervical syringomyelia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 901-905

  Roser, Florian ^a   Ebner, Florian ^a   Maier, Gottlieb ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^a   Nägele, Thomas ^a   Klose, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Electrophysiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SYRINGOMYELIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STEADY STATE; SYRINGOMYELIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957978181     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181ecfcdd     Document Type: Article

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