Myelin water and T2 relaxation measurements in the healthy cervical spinal cord at 3.0T: Repeatability and changes with age

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1083-1090

  MacMillan, Erin L ^a   Mädler, Burkhard ^a,b   Fichtner, Nicole ^a   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a   Li, David K B ^a   Curt, Armin ^c   MacKay, Alex L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cervical spinal cord; Myelin water fraction; Repeatability; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYELIN WATER FRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649665571     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.08.076     Document Type: Article

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