Preferential occult injury of corpus callosum in multiple sclerosis measured by diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Ge, Yulin ^a   Law, Meng ^a   Johnson, Glyn ^a   Herbert, Joseph ^b   Babb, James S ^a   Mannon, Lois J ^a   Grossman, Robert I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor MR imaging; Sclerosis, multiple; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 3042750655     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20083     Document Type: Article

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