title: In vivo gradient echo microimaging of rodent spinal cord at 7 T.
abstract: An optimization scheme was developed for gradient echo imaging using a half-birdcage RF coil at 7 T to obtain maximal contrast between gray and white matter in the spinal cord of rodents. This optimization was combined with microimaging techniques to obtain in vivo pixel sizes of 78 x 78 x 700 microm. These techniques can be implemented in an in vivo study to investigate the myelin structure within the white matter of the rodent spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Biomedical NMR Research Lab, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Meyerand
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cremillieux
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Wadghiri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azzawi
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hoopes
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology*