A quantitative evaluation of damage in normal appearing white matter in patients with multiple sclerosis using diffusion tensor MR imaging at 3 T

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-116

  Gratsias, Georgios ^a,c   Kapsalaki, Eftychia ^a,c   Kogia, Styliani ^a,c   Dardiotis, Efthimios ^a,c   Tsimourtou, Vaia ^a,c   Lavdas, Eleftherios ^a,c   Kousi, Evanthia ^a,c   Pelekanou, Aimilia ^b   Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M ^a,c   Fezoulidis, Ioannis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Multiple sclerosis; White matter diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER INJURY; ADOLESCENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929703871     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-014-0338-3     Document Type: Article

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