Magnetic resonance imaging techniques in white matter disease: potentials and limitations

Haller, Sven; Mendes Pereira, Vitor; Lazeyras, François; Vargas Gomez, Maria Isabel; Lövblad, Karl-Olof

doi:10.1097/RMR.0b013e318207a5a9

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Magnetic resonance imaging techniques in white matter disease: potentials and limitations

ContributorsHaller, Sven; Mendes Pereira, Vitor; Lazeyras, François; Vargas Gomez, Maria Isabel; Lövblad, Karl-Olof

Published inTopics in magnetic resonance imaging, vol. 20, no. 6, p. 301-312

Publication date2009

Abstract

excellent soft tissue contrast, noninvasiveness, assessment of multiple structural and functional parameters, and absence of radiation are the essential properties of magnetic resonance imaging explaining why this modality is the technique of choice for the assessment of cerebral white matter (WM).

Keywords

Humans
Leukoencephalopathies/diagnosis/pathology/radiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods/trends

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale

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HALLER, Sven et al. Magnetic resonance imaging techniques in white matter disease: potentials and limitations. In: Topics in magnetic resonance imaging, 2009, vol. 20, n° 6, p. 301–312. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e318207a5a9

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PID : unige:43045
DOI : 10.1097/RMR.0b013e318207a5a9
PMID : 21187723

ISSN of the journal0899-3459

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Magnetic resonance imaging techniques in white matter disease: potentials and limitations

excellent soft tissue contrast, noninvasiveness, assessment of multiple structural and functional parameters, and absence of radiation are the essential properties of magnetic resonance imaging explaining why this modality is the technique of choice for the assessment of cerebral white matter (WM).

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