Brain MRI lesion volume measurement reproducibility is not dependent on the disease burden in patients with multiple sclerosis

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1185-1189

  Rovaris, Marco ^a   Mastronardo, Giovanna ^a   Sormani, Maria Pia ^a,b   Iannucci, Giuseppe ^a   Rodegher, Mariaemma ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a Dept of Neurosci Sci Inst O ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Clinical trials; Lesion volume; Measurement reproducibility; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032447688     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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