Histogram analysis of diffusion measures in clinically isolated syndromes and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-334

  Yu, Chun Shui ^a,b   Lin, Fu Chun ^c   Liu, Yaou ^a   Duan, Yunyun ^a   Lei, Hao ^c   Li, Kun Cheng ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Clinically isolated syndrome; Diffusion tensor imaging; Histogram analysis; Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

BRAIN TISSUES; CLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME; CONTROL GROUPS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSIONS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPIES; GRAY MATTERS; HISTOGRAM ANALYSES; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; LESION VOLUMES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSES; RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTERS;

TENSORS;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 54149103670     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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