HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis: Semiautomatic Quantification of Spinal Cord Atrophy from 3-Dimensional MR Images

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-78

  Evangelou, Iordanis E ^a   Massoud, Raya ^a   Jacobson, Steven ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atrophy; HAM TSP; HTLV I; MRI; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; ALGORITHM; ATROPHY; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84892437780     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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