Advanced MR imaging techniques and characterization of residual anatomy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 460-470

  Stroman, P W ^a,b   Bosma, R L ^a   Kornelsen, J ^c   Lawrence Dewar, J ^d   Wheeler Kingshott, C ^e   Cadotte, D ^f   Fehlings, M G ^f,g  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Multiple sclerosis; Perfusion; Relaxation times; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRENGTH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERFUSION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84860250736     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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