A comparison between the sensitivities of 3-mm and 5-mm thick serial brain MRI for detecting lesion volume changes in patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-147

  Rovaris, Marco ^a   Rocca, Maria Assunta ^a   Capra, Ruggero ^b   Prandini, Francesca ^b   Martinelli, Vittorio ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lesion volume; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Slice thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; BRAIN DAMAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER;

EID: 0031807374     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199883144     Document Type: Article

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