Reproducibility of myelin water fraction analysis: a comparison of region of interest and voxel-based analysis methods

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1096-1103

  Meyers, Sandra M ^a   Laule, Cornelia ^b   Vavasour, Irene M ^b   Kolind, Shannon H ^b   Mädler, Burkhard ^b,c   Tam, Roger ^b   Traboulsee, Anthony L ^b   Lee, Jimmy ^b   Li, David K B ^b   MacKay, Alex L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelin water; NNLS; T2 relaxation; Voxel based analysis; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WATER; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYELIN WATER FRACTION ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BODY WATER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049109261     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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