Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-43

  Rovaris, Marco ^a,b   Agosta, Federica ^a   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor MR imaging; Gray matter; Multiple selerosis; Normal appearing white matter; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 57049133488     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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