Open AccessNormal variation of diffusion tensor parameters of the spinal cord in healthy subjects at 3.0-Tesla
Author(s) -
Takehiro Uda,
Toshihiro Takami,
Shinichi Sakamoto,
Naohiro Tsuyuguchi,
Toru Yamagata,
Kenji Ohata
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.100060
Subject(s) - fractional anisotropy , medicine , diffusion mri , analysis of variance , correlation , spinal cord , nuclear medicine , nuclear magnetic resonance , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , mathematics , geometry , radiology , physics , psychiatry
The purposes of the present study were to clarify the normal variation and to determine the normal reference values of diffusion tensor (DT) parameters (mean diffusivity [MD] and fractional anisotropy [FA]) of the spinal cord in single-shot fast spin-echo-based sequence at 3.0-Tesla (3T).