Prognostic value of brain tissue pathological changes in patients with Clinically Isolated Syndromes (CIS) suggestive of multiple sclerosis using Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR)

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2031-2033

  Fooladi, M ^a   Alam, N Riyahi ^a   Harirchyan, M H ^a   Firuznia, K ^a   Oghabian, M A ^a   Shakiba, M ^a   Rafie, B ^a   Bakhtiary, M ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

CLINICALLY ISOLATED SYNDROMES (CIS); MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO (MTR); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS); PROGNOSTIC VALUE;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETISM; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETICS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 57649183222     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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