Diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord compression

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 921-928

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Qin, Wen ^c   Hao, Nanxin ^d   Wang, Yibin ^d   Zong, Genlin ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BRAIN RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL VALUE; COLOR-ENCODED; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGES; FIBER TRACTS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEAN VALUES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NORMAL CONTROLS; ONE-WAY ANOVA; REGION OF INTEREST; SINGLE-SHOT; SPIN ECHO; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORDS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINNING (FIBERS); SURFACE DIFFUSION; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURILEMMOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867694795     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120271     Document Type: Article

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