Determination of multiple sclerosis plaque size with diffusion-tensor MR imaging: Comparison study with healthy volunteers

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 615-620

  Kealey, Susan M ^a   Kim, Youngjoo ^a   Whiting, Wythe L ^a   Madden, David J ^a   Provenzale, James M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22544448362     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362040014     Document Type: Article

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