Diagnostic accuracy of diffusion tensor imaging for pediatric cervical spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 532-537

  Mulcahey, M J ^a,b   Samdani, A F ^b   Gaughan, J P ^b   Barakat, N ^b   Faro, S ^c   Shah, P ^c   Betz, R R ^b   Mohamed, F B ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

neuroimaging; sensitivity; specificity; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CONTRACTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP ANAL PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SACRAL SPARING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881541937     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2013.36     Document Type: Article

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