Diffusion tensor MR imaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with multiple sclerosis

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2499-2504

  Ohgiya, Yoshimitsu ^a,b   Oka, Masaki ^a   Hiwatashi, Akio ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Kakimoto, Naoya ^a   Westesson, Per Lennart A ^a   Ekholm, Sven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGING; WHITE MATTER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NECK; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34848853605     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0672-4     Document Type: Article

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