Diffusion tensor imaging of the cervical spinal cord of patients with Neuromyelitis Optica

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 457-463

  Rivero, René L M ^a   Oliveira, Enedina M L ^a   Bichuetti, Denis B ^a   Gabbai, Alberto A ^a   Nogueira, Roberto G ^a   Abdala, Nitamar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Disability evaluation; Neuromyelitis optica; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD LESION; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL CORD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899069583     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2014.01.023     Document Type: Article

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