White matter lesion detection in multiple sclerosis: Improved interobserver concordance with multispectral MRI display

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 586-590

  Brunetti, Arturo ^a   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^b   Di Costanzo, Alfonso ^b   Covelli, Eugenio Maria ^a   Aloj, Luigi ^a   Bonavita, Simona ^b   Ciarmiello, Andrea ^a   Alfano, Bruno ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Multispectral display

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0030719874     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050148     Document Type: Article

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