Use of diffusion spectrum imaging in preliminary longitudinal evaluation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Development of an imaging biomarker

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Abhinav, Kumar ^a   Yeh, Fang Cheng ^b   El Dokla, Ahmed ^c   Ferrando, Lisa M ^a   Chang, Yue Fang ^b   Lacomis, David ^c   Friedlander, Robert M ^a   Fernandez Miranda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Diffusion spectrum imaging; Extramotoric; Longitudinal; Motoric; White matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84899707637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00270     Document Type: Article

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