Pyramidal tract mapping by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis: Improving correlations with disability

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-207

  Wilson, Martin ^a   Tench, C R ^a   Morgan, P S ^a   Blumhardt, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COST OF ILLNESS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037311398     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.2.203     Document Type: Article

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