Characterization of the normal appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis by diffusion tensor imaging;Caractérisation de la substance blanche apparemment normale dans la sclérose en plaques par IRM de tenseur de diffusion

IRBM

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 179-183

  Hannoun, S ^a,b,c   Durand Dubief, F ^b,c   Jalalzai, W ^b   Ibarrola, D ^b   Comte, J C ^b   Confavreux, C ^c   Sappey Marinier, D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CERMEP IMAGERIE DU VIVANT   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Fraction of anisotropy; Lesion load; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 70350569249     PISSN: 19590318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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