MRI-Texture Analysis of Corpus Callosum, Thalamus, Putamen, and Caudate in Machado-Joseph Disease

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-52

  de Oliveira, Márcia S ^a,b   D'Abreu, Anelyssa ^a,b   França Jr, Marcondes C ^a,b   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a,b   Cendes, Fernando ^a,b   Castellano, Gabriela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Programa CInAPCe (Cooperacao Interinstitucional de Apoio A Pesquisas Sobre O Cerebro)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ataxy; Machado Joseph disease; Movement disorders; MRI; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855935567     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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