Efficacy of diffusion tensor anisotropy indices and tractography in assessing the extent of severity of spinal cord injury: An in vitro analytical study in calf spinal cords

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1147-1153

  Rajasekaran, Shanmughanathan ^a   Kanna, Rishi M ^a   Shetty, Ajoy P ^a   Ilayaraja, Venkatachalam ^a  

^a GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropy indices; Diffusion tensor imaging; Spinal cord; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BOS PRIMIGENIUS INDICUS; CADAVER; CALF (MAMMAL); COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY SEVERITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELATIVE ANISOTROPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84872306225     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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