Diffusion tensor imaging characterization of occult brain damage in relapsing neuromyelitis optica using 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging techniques

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3173-3177

  Zhao, Dai Di ^a,b   Zhou, Hong Yu ^a   Wu, Qi Zhu ^a   Liu, Ju ^a   Chen, Xiu Ying ^a   He, Dian ^a   He, Xiao Fei ^a   Han, Wen Jie ^a   Gong, Qi Yong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain gray matter; Brain white matter; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuromyelitis Optica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OCCULT BRAIN DAMAGE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSING NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855163124     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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