Prediction of neurological recovery using apparent diffusion coefficient in cases of incomplete spinal cord injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-335

  Endo, Toshiki ^a,b   Suzuki, Shinsuke ^b   Utsunomiya, Akihiro ^b   Uenohara, Hiroshi ^b   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; DWI; MRI; Myelomalacia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79951677674     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182031ce7     Document Type: Article

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