Lessons of ALS imaging: Pitfalls and future directions - A critical review

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 436-443

  Bede, Peter ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Biomarker; MRI; PET; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KENNEDY DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHENOTYPE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTYPY; STUDY DESIGN; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THALAMUS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; FORECASTING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SAMPLE SIZE; SCINTISCANNING; TRENDS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NEUROIMAGING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84895822022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.02.011     Document Type: Review

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