Partial volume effects in MRI studies of multiple sclerosis

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-601

  Firbank, M J ^a,b   Coulthard, A ^a   Harrison, R M ^b   Williams, E D ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Partial volume

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0033133383     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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