Quantitative magnetization transfer and myelin water imaging of the evolution of acute multiple sclerosis lesions

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Levesque, Ives R ^a   Giacomini, Paul S ^a   Narayanan, Sridar ^a   Ribeiro, Luciana T ^a   Sled, John G ^b   Arnold, Doug L ^a   Pike, G Bruce ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute lesions; Magnetization transfer; Multicomponent t2; Multiple sclerosis; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

PATIENT REHABILITATION; RECOVERY;

ACUTE LESIONS; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; MULTICOMPONENTS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUANTITATIVE;

MAGNETIZATION;

MYELIN; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMYELINIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649084552     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22244     Document Type: Article

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