Nonconventional Optic Nerve Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Glisson, Christopher C ^a,b   Galetta, Steven L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Mary's Health Care   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Magnetization transfer MR imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroimaging; Optic coherence tomography; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANATOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE LESION; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 57149124272     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2008.09.003     Document Type: Review

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