Effect of MRI coregistration on serial short-term brain volume changes in multiple sclerosis

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-279

  Fritz, David A ^a   Dwyer, Michael G ^a   Bagnato, Francesca ^b   Watts, Kelly L ^a   Bratina, Alessio ^c   Zorzon, Marino ^c   Durastanti, Valentina ^d   Locatelli, Laura ^c   Millefiorini, Enrico ^d   Zivadinov, Robert ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e JACOBS NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Coregistration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646773527     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X98152     Document Type: Article

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