Diffusion tensor imaging in pediatric spinal cord injury: Preliminary examination of reliability and clinical correlation

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Mulcahey, M J ^a   Samdani, Amer ^a   Gaughan, John ^b   Barakat, Nadia ^b   Faro, Scott ^b   Betz, Randal R ^a   Finsterbusch, Jurgen ^c   Mohamed, Feroze B ^b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

neurological evaluation; quadriplegia; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862200953     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182470a08     Document Type: Article

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