Diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTI) metrics in the cervical spinal cord in asymptomatic HIV-positive patients

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 585-592

  Mueller Mang, Christina ^a   Law, Meng ^b   Mang, Thomas ^a   Fruehwald Pallamar, Julia ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Thurnher, Majda M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Human immunodeficiency virus associated myelopathy; Spinal cord; Vacuolar myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79961134300     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0782-6     Document Type: Article

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