Volumetric method for evaluating magnetization transfer ratio of tissue categories: Application to areas of white matter signal hyperintensity in the elderly

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 570-575

  Tanabe, Jody L ^a   Ezekiel, Frank ^b   Jagust, William J ^c   Schuff, Norbert ^a   Fein, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, abnormalities; Brain, MR; Brain, white matter; Magnetic resonance (MR), magnetization transfer contrast

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030748347     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.2.9240555     Document Type: Article

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