Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages S85-S91 , December 2008

Use of Diffusion-Tensor Imaging in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury to Identify Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Corie W. Wei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Januthy Tharmakulasingam, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Adrian Crawley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • David M. Kideckel, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • David J. Mikulis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Cheryl L. Bradbury, PsyD, CPsych

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Robin E. Green, PhD, CPsych

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robin E. Green, PhD, CPsych, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The University Centre, 550 University Ave, Toronto, ON, M5G 2A2, Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Physicians' Services Incorporated, and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (grant nos. MOP-67072, 05-50, 2005-ABI-392).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.005

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages S85-S91 , December 2008

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