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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an emerging noninvasive method for evaluating tissue microstructure, but is highly susceptible to in vivo motion artifact. Ex vivo experiments on fixed tissues are needed to improve DTI techniques, which require fixed tissue specimens. Several efforts have been made to study the effect of fixation on both human and mouse tissue, with varying results. Four human cervical cords and three segments of pig cervical spinal cord specimens were imaged both before and after tissue fixation using 3D multishot diffusion weighted imaging (ms-DWEPI). Fixation caused a significant decrease in the longitudinal diffusivity whereas the relative anisotropy (RA) and radial diffusivity remained unaffected. Additionally, once adequately preserved, the diffusivity parameters of fixed tissue remain constant over time. Fixation has important effects on the diffusivity of tissue specimens. These findings have important implications for the determination of tissue microstructure and function using DTI technologies.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1932-8494
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
234-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Diffusion tensor imaging of ex vivo cervical spinal cord specimens: the immediate and long-term effects of fixation on diffusivity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Utah, 729 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1218, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural