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In vivo NMR Imaging pp 355–383Cite as

Spinal Cord – MR of Rodent Models

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Different MR techniques, such as relaxation times, diffusion, perfusion, and spectroscopy have been employed to study rodent spinal cord. In this chapter, a description of these methods is given, along with examples of normal metrics that can be derived from the MR acquisitions, as well as examples of applications to pathology.

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Callot, V., Duhamel, G., Kober, F. (2011). Spinal Cord – MR of Rodent Models. In: Schröder, L., Faber, C. (eds) In vivo NMR Imaging. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 771. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-219-9_19

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