Modelling new enhancing MRI lesion counts in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 298-304

  Sormani, M P ^a   Bruzzi, P ^a   Rovaris, M ^a   Barkhof, F ^a   Comi, G ^a   Miller, D H ^a   Cutter, G R ^a   Filippi, M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mixed poisson distributions; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAPSE; REMISSION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034751645     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245801681137997     Document Type: Article

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