Segmentation of magnetization transfer ratio lesions for longitudinal analysis of demyelination and remyelination in multiple sclerosis

NeuroImage

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-109

  Brown, Robert A ^a   Narayanan, Sridar ^a   Arnold, Douglas L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer ratio; Multiple sclerosis; Remyelination

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOABLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REMYELINIZATION; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84870052631     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.10.059     Document Type: Article

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