Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in brown-sequard syndrome

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 928-930

  Vedantam, A ^a   Jirjis, M B ^b   Schmit, B D ^b   Budde, M D ^a   Ulmer, J L ^a   Wang, M C ^a   Kurpad, S N ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

brown Sequard syndrome; cervical spine; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; CRIME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84870952535     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.94     Document Type: Article

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