Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

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Neuroscience

JoVE Journal
Neuroscience

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JoVE Journal Neuroscience

Diffusion Imaging in the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord

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10.3791/52390-v

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10:46 min

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April 07, 2015

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Elizabeth Zakszewski, Brian Schmit, Shekar Kurpad, Matthew D. Budde

¹Department of Neurosurgery,Medical College of Wisconsin, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering,Marquette University

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00:05Title
01:27Animal Preparation and Monitoring
03:35MRI Scanning Parameters
06:03Image Processing
08:38Results: Diffusion Weighted Images of the Rat Cervical Spinal Cord
10:11Conclusion

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The goal of this protocol is to obtain high-quality diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) of the rat spinal cord for noninvasive characterization of tissue microstructure. This protocol describes optimizations of the MRI sequence, radiofrequency coil, and analysis methods to enable DWI images free from artifacts.

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