From micro- to macro-structures in multiple sclerosis: what is the added value of diffusion imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Cercignani, Mara ^a,b   Gandini Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia ^c,d,e  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

diffusion MRI; functional system; graph theory; microstructure; multiple sclerosis; structural connectome; tissue model; tractography

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

DIFFUSION MRIS; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; STRUCTURAL CONNECTOME; TISSUE MODELING; TRACTOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE NET;

EID: 85040709208     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3888     Document Type: Review

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