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Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal pediatric spinal cord using an inner field of view echo-planar imaging sequence. / Barakat, N; Mohamed, F B; Hunter, L N; Shah, P; Faro, S H; Samdani, A F; Finsterbusch, Jürgen; Betz, R; Gaughan, J; Mulcahey, M J.

In: AM J NEURORADIOL, Vol. 33, No. 6, 6, 2012, p. 1127-1133.

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Barakat, N, Mohamed, FB, Hunter, LN, Shah, P, Faro, SH, Samdani, AF, Finsterbusch, J, Betz, R, Gaughan, J & Mulcahey, MJ 2012, 'Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal pediatric spinal cord using an inner field of view echo-planar imaging sequence.', AM J NEURORADIOL, vol. 33, no. 6, 6, pp. 1127-1133. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22300927?dopt=Citation>

APA

Barakat, N., Mohamed, F. B., Hunter, L. N., Shah, P., Faro, S. H., Samdani, A. F., Finsterbusch, J., Betz, R., Gaughan, J., & Mulcahey, M. J. (2012). Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal pediatric spinal cord using an inner field of view echo-planar imaging sequence. AM J NEURORADIOL, 33(6), 1127-1133. [6]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22300927?dopt=Citation

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Barakat N, Mohamed FB, Hunter LN, Shah P, Faro SH, Samdani AF et al. Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal pediatric spinal cord using an inner field of view echo-planar imaging sequence. AM J NEURORADIOL. 2012;33(6):1127-1133. 6.

Bibtex

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title = "Diffusion tensor imaging of the normal pediatric spinal cord using an inner field of view echo-planar imaging sequence.",
abstract = "DTI in the brain has been well established, but its application in the spinal cord, especially in pediatrics, poses several challenges. The small cord size has inherent low SNR of the diffusion signal intensity, respiratory and cardiac movements induce artifacts, and EPI sequences used for obtaining diffusion indices cause eddy-current distortions. The purpose of this study was to 1) evaluate the accuracy of cervical spinal cord DTI in children using a newly developed iFOV sequence with spatially selective 2D-RF excitations, and 2) examine reproducibility of the DTI measures.",
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