Using the Advantage Workstation (GE Healthcare), the same slices of cervical 3D-MRI using 3.0 Tesla (T) Signa system and 18F-FDG PET images were fused automatically. On fusion images, the maximal…

  Target Spatial resolution (mm) Temporal resolution (S) EEG/MEG Neuronal current 10 0.001 fMRI Regional changes in blood flow 4–5 1–10 PET Oxygen consumption, glucose metabolism etc. 5–10 30–1,000 SPECT…

Fig. 12.1 Photographs of Japanese small game fowl in the control (a) and the operated group (b).Roentgenograms of its cervical lateral views in the control (c) and operated group (d)….

Fig. 8.1 (a) Transverse slab of the C5 vertebra and the spinal cord with the screw cut 3 mm in thickness, showing the deformation of the spinal cord by the…

Fig. 7.1 The three-dimensional finite element method (3D-FEM) model of the spinal cord consisted of gray matter, white matter, and pia mater Fig. 7.2 The ligamentum flavum model was established…

Fig. 14.1 Endogenous regulation of HGF and c-Met expression after SCI. The levels of c-Met mRNA and HGF mRNA expression after SCI in a 4-mm segment of spinal cord from…

Fig. 23.1 Photomicrograph showing the distribution of PKH26-labeled transplanted MSC counterstained with DAPI staining for nuclei at 1 and 5 weeks after spinal cord injury. Transplanted PKH26-induced fluorescent MSCs survived…

Fig. 30.1 Sequential positions of estimated current dipoles superimposed on an anterior–posterior X-ray image and a schematic representation (black lines) of the spine at the thoracic level. Thick green lines…

Fig. 17.1 Histological and behavioral evaluation after anti-interleukin (IL)-6 receptor (MR16-1) treatment. Luxol fast blue (LFB) stained axial sections at the injury epicenter (42 days post-injury) showed remarkable reduction in…

Fig. 24.1 Recruitment of EPCs to injured spinal cord. (a–d) Bone marrow (BM)-derived EPCs were serially identified in the spinal cord of wild-type mice with SCI following BM transplantation from…