Development of a high-resolution fat and CSF-suppressed optic nerve DTI protocol at 3T: Application in multiple sclerosis

Functional Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-100

  Samson, Rebecca S ^a   Kolappan, Madhan ^a   Thomas, David L ^a   Symms, Mark R ^a   Connick, Peter ^b   Miller, David H ^a   Wheeler Kingshot, Claudia A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3T; Diffusion; Multiple sclerosis; Optic nerve; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS;

EID: 84885739062     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: 19713274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11138/FNeur/2013.28.1.093     Document Type: Article

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