Detection of corticospinal tract compromise in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with brain MR imaging: Relevance of the T1-weighted spin-echo magnetization transfer contrast sequence

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1509-1515

  Da Rocha, Antônio J ^a,b   Oliveira, Acary S B ^a   Fonseca, Ricardo B ^b,c   Maia Jr , Antônio C M ^b   Buainain, Renata P ^a   Lederman, Henrique M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPSULA INTERNA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16644388065     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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