Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1353-1360 , November 2010

High-resolution in vivo diffusion tensor imaging of the injured cat spinal cord using self-navigated, interleaved, variable-density spiral acquisition (SNAILS-DTI)

  • Benjamin M. Ellingson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    • Department of Neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
    • ,
  • Olawale Sulaiman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
    • ,
  • Shekar N. Kurpad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 414 805 5434.

Received 8 December 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 10 June 2010.

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PII: S0730-725X(10)00163-3

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.006

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 1353-1360 , November 2010

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