Water diffusion in elevated in widespread regions of normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis and correlates with diffusion in focal lesions

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-89

  Werring, D J ^a   Clark, C A ^a   Droogan, A G ^a   Barker, G J ^a   Miller, D H ^a   Thompson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0034981030     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245801678227586     Document Type: Article

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