High-resolution diffusion-weighted MR of fresh and fixed cat spinal cords: evaluation of diffusion coefficients and anisotropy.

PM Pattany, WR Puckett, KJ Klose… - American journal …, 1997 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To use high-resolution diffusion-weighted and calculated apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) MR imaging to determine whether fixation and storage influence diffusion …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the normal human spinal cord in vivo

CA Holder, R Muthupillai… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion-weighted imaging is a robust technique for
evaluation of a variety of neurologic diseases affecting the brain, and might also have …

Diffusion tensor MR imaging of the neurologically intact human spinal cord

BM Ellingson, JL Ulmer, SN Kurpad… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to characterize the diffusion
properties of the entire human spinal cord in vivo. These data are essential for comparisons …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the spinal cord

R Bammer, F Fazekas, M Augustin… - American journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging may increase the sensitivity and specificity of MR imaging
for certain pathologic conditions of the spinal cord but is rarely performed because of several …

MRI characterization of diffusion coefficients in a rat spinal cord injury model

JC Ford, DB Hackney, DC Alsop, H Jara… - Magnetic resonance …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) were measured in a rat spinal cord weight‐drop injury
model. After sacrifice, the spinal cords were fixed in situ and excised for MR imaging and …

MR diffusion imaging of the cervical spine.

CA Holder - Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America, 2000 - europepmc.org
Although diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain has gained widespread clinical
acceptance, DWI of the spine and spinal cord is less well known. This article briefly reviews …

In vivo diffusion tensor imaging of rat spinal cord with echo planar imaging

DA Fenyes, PA Narayana - … in Medicine: An Official Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The in vivo apparent diffusion tensor (ADT) of spinal cord was measured in nine rats at 2.0 T
using an interleaved multi‐shot echo planar imaging (EPI) diffusion sequence. A technique …

Diffusion-weighted imaging of the spinal cord

ED Schwartz, CL Chin, M Takahashi… - Neuroimaging …, 2002 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the central nervous system can provide more
information concerning cell structure and integrity than conventional MR techniques. The …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of rodent brains in vivo using a 1.5 T clinical MR scanner

FKH Lee, MR Fang, GE Antonio… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of using a clinical 1.5 T MR scanner to perform magnetic
resonance (MR) diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) on in vivo rodent brains and to trace major …

Diffusion anisotropy in excised normal rat spinal cord measured by NMR microscopy

BA Inglis, L Yang, ED Wirth III, D Plant… - Magnetic resonance …, 1997 - Elsevier
A conventional spin-echo NMR imaging pulse sequence was used to obtain high-resolution
images of excised normal rat spinal cord at 7 and 14 T. It was observed that the large pulsed …