Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Spinal Cord
Roland Bammer, Franz Fazekas, Michael Augustin, Josef Simbrunner, Siegrid Strasser-Fuchs, Thomas Seifert, Rudolf Stollberger and Hans-Peter Hartung
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2000, 21 (3) 587-591;
Roland Bammer
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Franz Fazekas
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Michael Augustin
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Josef Simbrunner
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Siegrid Strasser-Fuchs
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Thomas Seifert
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Rudolf Stollberger
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.
Hans-Peter Hartung
aFrom the Department of Neurology (R.B., F.F., M.A., S.S.-F., T.S., H.-P.H.) and the Magnetic Resonance Institute (R.B., F.F., M.A., J.S., R.S.), Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria.

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Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of the Spinal Cord
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