Multisequence-imaging protocols to detect cortical lesions of patients with multiple sclerosis: Observations from a post-mortem 3 Tesla imaging study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Bagnato, Francesca ^a   Yao, Bing ^a   Cantor, Fredric ^a   Merkle, Hellmut ^a   Condon, Ellen ^b   Montequin, Marcela ^b   Moore, Sandra ^b   Quezado, Martha ^c   Tkaczyk, Deborah ^b   McFarland, Henry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla MRI; Cortical lesions; Inflammation; Multiple sclerosis; Neurodegeneration; Post mortem imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SLICE; CADAVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOCORTEX; NEOCORTEX DAMAGE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 67349250116     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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