Mapping average axon diameters in porcine spinal cord white matter and rat corpus callosum using d-PFG MRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-216

  Komlosh, M E ^a,b   Ozarslan E ^a,b,c   Lizak, M J ^d   Horkayne Szakaly, I ^e   Freidlin, R Z ^f   Horkay, F ^a   Basser, P J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; AAD; Average axon diameter; D PFG; Double wave vector; DPFG; MRI; PFG; Pulsed field gradient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERAGE AXON DIAMETER; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOUBLE PULSED FIELD GRADIENT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SWINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SWINE;

EID: 84877359014     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.074     Document Type: Article

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