Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging characteristics: Evaluation of prognostic value in the dog as a translational model for spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Boekhoff, Theda M ^a   Flieshardt, Cornelia ^b   Ensinger, Eva Maria ^a   Fork, Melani ^c   Kramer, Sabine ^c   Tipold, Andrea ^c  

^a Tierarztpraxis Dres Boettcher ^*  (Germany)

^b LESIA Zentrum für Tiermedizin   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; paraplegia; prognosis; T2 weighted hyperintensity; translational model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84860751824     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31823f2f55     Document Type: Article

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