Application of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in pathological changes of the spinal cord

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sasiadek, Marek J ^a   Szewczyk, Paweł ^a   Bladowska, Joanna ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Degenerative myelopathyra; Diffusion tensor imaging; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 84863538943     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882891     Document Type: Article

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