Diffusion-weighted imaging of the human optic nerve: A new approach to evaluate optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 484-491

  Iwasawa, Tae ^a   Matoba, Hiroko ^a   Ogi, Akiko ^a   Kurihara, Hiroaki ^a   Saito, Kimihiko ^a   Yoshida, Tetsuo ^c   Matsubara, Sho ^c   Nozaki, Atsushi ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GE Yokogawa Medical System   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTIONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EYE PROTECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 0030883342     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380317     Document Type: Article

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