A Correlation Between Fractional Anisotropy Variations and Clinical Recovery in Spinal Cord Infarctions

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 256-258

  Théaudin, Marie ^a,b   Saliou, Guillaume ^a   Denier, Christian ^a   Adams, David ^b   Ducreux, Denis ^a,b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

DTI; DWI; Fractional anisotropy; Prognosis; Spinal cord infarcts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFARCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANISOTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876303802     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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