Using diffusion tensor imaging and immunofluorescent assay to evaluate the pathology of multiple sclerosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-564

  Zollinger, Lauren V ^a   Kim, Tae Ho ^a,b   Hill, Kenneth ^a   Jeong, Eun K ^a   Rose, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Demyelination; Diffusion tensor imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; AUTOPSY; AXONS; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79952253313     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22502     Document Type: Article

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