In vivo diffusion characteristics of rat spinal cord. Export

@article{citeulike:796518, abstract = {Complete apparent diffusion tensor (ADTs) of spinal cord was measured in vivo in nine rats at 2.0 T. Two rotationally invariant parameters, the trace, which is a measure of the mean diffusivity, and the lattice index (LI), which reflects the degree of orientation coherence of tissue, have been estimated from the ADT. The mean white matter (WM) trace value (3.05 +/- 0.26 mm2/sec) was found to be substantially higher than the gray matter (GM) trace (2.36 +/- 0.39 mm2/sec), in contrast with the published results on fixed, excised cord. Statistically significant anisotropic diffusion was observed in both WM and GM, with greater anisotropy in the WM (LI = 0.67 +/- 0.06) than in the GM (LI = 0.51 +/- 0.05).}, address = {University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Department of Radiology, 77030, USA.}, author = {Fenyes, D. A. and Narayana, P. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {796518}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10372525}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10372525}, comment = {comparison of FA values in rat spinal cord METHODS: 2T, GE}, issn = {0730-725X}, journal = {Magn Reson Imaging}, keywords = {animal, dti, spinal-cord}, month = {June}, number = {5}, pages = {717--722}, posted-at = {2006-08-10 20:29:08}, priority = {2}, title = {In vivo diffusion characteristics of rat spinal cord.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10372525}, volume = {17}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:796518 L3 - citeulike-article-id:796518 N2 - Complete apparent diffusion tensor (ADTs) of spinal cord was measured in vivo in nine rats at 2.0 T. Two rotationally invariant parameters, the trace, which is a measure of the mean diffusivity, and the lattice index (LI), which reflects the degree of orientation coherence of tissue, have been estimated from the ADT. The mean white matter (WM) trace value (3.05 +/- 0.26 mm2/sec) was found to be substantially higher than the gray matter (GM) trace (2.36 +/- 0.39 mm2/sec), in contrast with the published results on fixed, excised cord. Statistically significant anisotropic diffusion was observed in both WM and GM, with greater anisotropy in the WM (LI = 0.67 +/- 0.06) than in the GM (LI = 0.51 +/- 0.05). IS - 5 JF - Magn Reson Imaging SN - 0730-725X AD - University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Department of Radiology, 77030, USA. EP - 722 TI - In vivo diffusion characteristics of rat spinal cord. VL - 17 SP - 717 KW - animal KW - dti KW - spinal-cord N1 - comparison of FA values in rat spinal cord METHODS: 2T, GE AU - Fenyes, DA AU - Narayana, PA PY - 1999/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10372525 ER -