Multislice brain myelin water fractions at 3T in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-163

  Oh, Joonmi ^a   Han, Eric T ^b   Lee, Michael C ^a   Nelson, Sarah J ^a   Pelletier, Daniel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

High field MRI; Multicomponent T2 relaxation times; Multiple sclerosis; Multislice multiecho T2 prep; Myelin water fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN WATER FRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; MYELIN SHEATH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER;

EID: 34247238858     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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