Global volumetric estimation of disease burden in multiple sclerosis based on magnetization transfer imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1287-1290

  Van Buchem, Mark A ^a,b   Udupa, Jayaram K ^a   McGowan, Joseph C ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Heyning, Fenna H ^a   Boncoeur Martel, Marie Paule ^a   Kolson, Dennis L ^a   Polansky, Marcy ^c   Grossman, Robert I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance; Magnetization transfer; Multiple; Sclerosis; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031545923     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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