Spinal Cord fMRI

Quantitative MRI of the Spinal Cord

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 221-239

  Summers, Paul E ^a,b   Brooks, Jonathan C W ^c   Cohen Adad, Julien ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b European Institute of Dermatology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BOLD; FMRI; Motor; Sensory; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902625808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396973-6.00015-0     Document Type: Chapter

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