Orientation Dependent MR Signal Decay Differentiates between People with MS, Their Asymptomatic Siblings and Unrelated Healthy Controls.

R2* relaxometry of the brain is a quantitative magnetic resonance technique which is influenced by iron and myelin content across different brain regions. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory, demyelinating disease affecting both white and grey matter regions of the CNS. Using R2*, incre...

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Main Authors: Enedino Hernández-Torres, Vanessa Wiggermann, Simon Hametner, Tobias R Baumeister, A Dessa Sadovnick, Yinshan Zhao, Lindsay Machan, David K B Li, Anthony Traboulsee, Alexander Rauscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4619399?pdf=render