Diffusion-tensor MR imaging of cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis: Initial findings

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 880-886

  Poonawalla, Aziz H ^a   Hasan, Khader M ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^b   Ahn, Chul W ^a   Nelson, Flavia ^a   Wolinsky, Jerry S ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40949115437     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2463070486     Document Type: Article

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