Mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy histogram analysis of the cervical cord in MS patients

NeuroImage

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 822-828

  Valsasina, Paola ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Agosta, Federica ^a   Benedetti, Beatrice ^a   Horsfield, Mark A ^b   Gallo, Antonio ^a   Rovaris, Marco ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DT MRI; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 20644442872     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.02.033     Document Type: Article

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