The current state-of-the-art of spinal cord imaging: Methods

NeuroImage

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 1070-1081

  Stroman, P W ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, C ^b,g,h   Bacon, M ^c   Schwab, J M ^d,e   Bosma, R ^a   Brooks, J ^f   Cadotte, D ^g   Carlstedt, T ^b   Ciccarelli, O ^b   Cohen Adad, J ^g   Curt, A ⁱ   Evangelou, N ^j   Fehlings, M G ^g   Filippi, M ^k   Kelley, B J ^l   Kollias, S ^m   Mackay, A ⁿ   Porro, C A ^o   Smith, S ^p   Strittmatter, S M ^l   Summers, P ^o   Tracey, I ^f   more..

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c International Spinal Research Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation   (Austria)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^k SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^p VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Artifacts; Human; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Physiological motion; Positron emission tomography; Spectroscopy; Spinal cord; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTIFACT; BONE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL EXPERT; MYELIN WATER FRACTION IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD IMAGING; THEORY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ARTIFACTS; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MOTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD; SUSCEPTIBILITY;

HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84888851197     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.124     Document Type: Review

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