Advanced diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging techniques of the human spinal cord

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 367-378

  Andre, Jalal B ^a   Bammer, Roland ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion weighted imaging; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 83755163071     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: 15361004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e31823e65a1     Document Type: Article

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