Tract-specific quantitative MRI better correlates with disability than conventional MRI in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-406

  Harrison, Daniel M ^a   Shiee, Navid ^b,c,d   Bazin, Pierre Louis ^e   Newsome, Scott D ^a   Ratchford, John N ^a   Pham, Dzung ^b,c,f   Calabresi, Peter A ^a   Reich, Daniel S ^a,d,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^f HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Disability; Magnetization transfer ratio; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THALAMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878826326     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6638-8     Document Type: Article

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