Whole brain-based computerized neuroimaging in ALS and other motor neuron disorders

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-248

  Grosskreutz, Julian ^a,b,c   Peschel, Thomas ^c,d   Unrath, Alexander ^e   Dengler, Reinhard ^c,d   Ludolph, Albert C ^e   Kassubek, Jan ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Computational neuroanatomy; Diagnosis; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Motor neuron disorders; Surrogate marker; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 48249146606     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960802163622     Document Type: Article

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