TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud Ali AU - Amr Osama Azab , AU - Maha Mahmoud Rady , TI - Role and limitations of MR diffusion tensor imaging in assessment of traumatic spinal cord injuries / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud Ali , KW - Diffusion tensor imaging KW - MRI KW - Spinal cord injuries N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis; Issued also as CD N2 - Spinal cord injuries (SCI) results in drastic functional disabilities in patients. Due to the interference of spinal shock with functional assessment of SCI patients in the clinical setting, it is important to develop a noninvasive imaging technique for early evaluation of spinal cord integrity after injury. Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) is the method of choice for detection and diagnosis of many disorders in the spine because of its inherent sensitivity to subtle soft tissue changes and its capability to displaying long segment of vertebral column in one examination UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -