Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Corpus Callosum Integrity in Multiple Sclerosis: Correlation with Disease Variables

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-37

  Sigal, Tal ^a,b   Shmuel, Miron ^b   Mark, Dolev ^a   Gil, Harari ^b   Anat, Achiron ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; DTI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXTENDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84855918491     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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