Cervical cord area measurement using volumetric brain magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-57

  Liu, Zheng ^a,c   Yaldizli, Özgür ^a   Pardini, Matteo ^a,d   Sethi, Varun ^a   Kearney, Hugh ^a   Muhlert, Nils ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia ^a   Miller, David H ^a   Chard, Declan T ^a,b  

^a University College London   (United Kingdom)

^b and University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrophy; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN; CERVICAL CORD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84920593564     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: 22110356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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