Imaging primary progressive multiple sclerosis: The contribution of structural, metabolic, and functional MRI techniques

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Filippi, Massimo ^a   Rovaris, Marco ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor MRI; Fucntional MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS); Proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042641620     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458504ms1029oa     Document Type: Review

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