Q-Space diffusion MRI (QSI) of the disease progression in the spinal cords of the Long Evans shaker: Diffusion time and apparent anisotropy

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1879-1886

  Anaby, Debbie ^a   Duncan, Ian D ^b   Smith, Chelsey M ^b   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion MRI; Long Evans shaker; Myelin; q space diffusion; QSI; Spinal cords

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION MRIS; LONG EVANS SHAKER; MYELIN; Q-SPACE; QSI; SPINAL CORDS;

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DIFFUSION;

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EX VIVO STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SPACE DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETER; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

RATTUS;

DIFFUSION MRI; LONG EVANS SHAKER; MYELIN; Q-SPACE DIFFUSION; QSI; SPINAL CORDS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888058692     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3043     Document Type: Article

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