A preliminary validation study of diffusion tensor imaging as a measure of functional brain injury

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1179-1184

  Fox, Robert J ^a,c   McColl, Roderick W ^b   Lee, Jar Chi ^a   Frohman, Teresa ^b   Sakaie, Ken ^a   Frohman, Elliot ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED OCULOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONTINE LATTICE INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 51649103357     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.9.1179     Document Type: Article

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