Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal pediatric spinal cord using an inner field of view echo-planar imaging sequence

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1127-1133

  Barakat, N ^a,b   Mohamed, Feroze B ^b   Hunter, L N ^b   Shah, P ^b   Faro, S H ^b   Samdani, A F ^c   Finsterbusch, J ^d   Betz, R ^c   Gaughan, J ^b   Mulcahey, M J ^c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; INNER FIELD OF VIEW; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUME RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862573214     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2924     Document Type: Article

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