Diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord injury

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-224

  Kamble, Ravindra B ^a   Venkataramana, Neelam K ^a   Naik, Arun L ^a   Rao, Shailesh V ^a  

^a BGS Global Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Fractional anisotropy; MRI; spinal cord injury; tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053360282     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.85372     Document Type: Article

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