Spinal diffusion tensor imaging: A comprehensive review with emphasis on spinal cord anatomy and clinical applications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 88-95

  Hendrix, Philipp ^a   Griessenauer, Christoph J ^a   Cohen Adad, Julien ^b   Rajasekaran, Shanmuganathan ^c   Cauley, Keith A ^d   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^e   Pezeshk, Parham ^f   Tubbs, R Shane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; diffusion tensor tractography; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; NEUROANATOMY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRACTOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84916928751     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22349     Document Type: Review

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