Voxel-based analysis of the evolution of magnetization transfer ratio to quantify remyelination and demyelination with histopathological validation in a multiple sclerosis lesion

NeuroImage

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1152-1158

  Chen, J T ^a   Kuhlmann, T ^b   Jansen, G H ^c   Collins, D L ^a   Atkins, H L ^d   Freedman, M S ^c   O'Connor, P W ^e   Arnold, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain pathology; Computer assisted; Image processing; Immunohistochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging magnetization transfer contrast imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin sheath; Pathology histopathology

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34347254584     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.03.073     Document Type: Article

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