Diffusion tensor imaging of early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with histogram analysis using automated segmentation and brain volume correction

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-15

  Rashid, W ^a   Hadjiprocopis, A ^a   Griffin, C M ^a   Chard, D T ^a   Davies, G R ^a   Barker, G J ^a,b   Tofts, P S ^a   Thompson, A J ^a   Miller, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Diffusion; Fractional anisotropy; Histograms; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SEGMENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEIGHT; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PARENCHYMA; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346707275     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458504ms985oa     Document Type: Article

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