Automated vs. conventional tractography in multiple sclerosis: Variability and correlation with disability

NeuroImage

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3047-3056

  Reich, Daniel S ^a,b,c   Ozturk, Arzu ^a   Calabresi, Peter A ^a   Mori, Susumu ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetization transfer imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Tractography; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 73749086028     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.11.043     Document Type: Article

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