Experimental spinal cord injury: imaging the acute lesion.
In order to obtain high resolution images of fixed excised rat spinal cords we have developed a technique using a 6-mm bore, two-turn saddle coil, with a usable imaging length of approximately 4 cm. MR imaging is performed on a prototype 31-cm bore, 1.9-T system with a 1.5-mm section thickness and 7.6-mm field of view.
Hackney
D B
DB
Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Ford
J C
JC
Markowitz
R S
RS
Hand
C M
CM
Joseph
P M
PM
Black
P
P
D000818:Animals; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology