A diffusion tensor imaging group study of the spinal cord in multiple sclerosis patients with and without T2 spinal cord lesions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Van Hecke, Wim ^a,b   Nagels, Guy ^c,d,e   Emonds, Griet ^a,b   Leemans, Alexander ^f,g   Sijbers, Jan ^a   Van Goethem, Johan ^b   Parizel, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 67650077131     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21817     Document Type: Article

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