Quantitative analysis of MRI signal abnormalities of brain white matter with high reproducibility and accuracy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-209

  Wei, Xingchang ^a   Warfield, Simon K ^a,b   Zou, Kelly H ^a,b   Wu, Ying ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Guimond, Alexandre ^a   Mugler III, John P ^c   Benson, Randall R ^d   Wolfson, Leslie ^d   Weiner, Howard L ^e   Guttmann, Charles R G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, aging; Brain, white matter; Image processing, computer assisted; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging, volume measurement; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036153999     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10053     Document Type: Article

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