Fast diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the whole cervical spinal cord using point spread function corrected echo planar imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-149

  Lundell, Henrik ^a,b   Barthelemy, Dorothy ^a,c   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^a   Cohen Adad, Julien ^d   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^a   Dyrby, Tim B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging, tractography; point spread function; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOLOGY; TENSORS;

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SPINAL CORDS; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS; TRACTOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872873427     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24235     Document Type: Article

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