Characterization and limitations of diffusion tensor imaging metrics in the cervical spinal cord in neurologically intact subjects

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 861-867

  Vedantam, Aditya ^a   Jirjis, Michael B ^b   Schmit, Brian D ^b   Wang, Marjorie C ^a   Ulmer, John L ^a   Kurpad, Shekar N ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886929022     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24039     Document Type: Article

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