Approaches to normalization of spinal cord volume: Application to multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Healy, Brian C ^a,b   Arora, Ashish ^a   Hayden, Douglas L ^b   Ceccarelli, Antonia ^a   Tauhid, Shahamat S ^a   Neema, Mohit ^a   Bakshi, Rohit ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Normalization; Spinal cord atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863776396     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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