Tissue- and column-specific measurements from multi-parameter mapping of the human cervical spinal cord at 3 T

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1823-1830

  Samson, R S ^a   Ciccarelli, O ^a   Kachramanoglou, C ^a   Brightman, L ^b   Lutti, A ^a   Thomas, D L ^a   Weiskopf, N ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, C A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetisation transfer; Multi parameter mapping; Relaxometry; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION TIME; MULTIPARAMETERS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS; RELAXOMETRY; SPINAL CORDS; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE;

MAGNETIZATION; MAPPING; PROTONS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DENSITY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

MAGNETISATION TRANSFER; MULTI-PARAMETER MAPPING; RELAXOMETRY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84888026514     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3022     Document Type: Article

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