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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mult Scler. 2010 Sep;16(9):1117–1125. doi: 10.1177/1352458510374892

Table 1.

Table 1a: Definition of volumetric MRI measures and their correlation with EDSS
Measure Definition rho p
GD Gadolinium-enhancing lesion volume (cc) 0.147 0.101
BOD “Burden of Disease” T2-hyperintense lesion volume (including T1-lesion component) (cc) 0.276 < 0.002
BH “Black Hole” T1-hypointense lesion volume (cc) 0.298 < 0.001
nCSF Ratio of CSF volume to total intracranial volume 0.221 0.013
Table 1b. Definition of relaxation MRI measures and their correlation with EDSS
Measure Definition rho p
T2-GM Mean T2 value of gray matter (ms) 0.188 0.035
T2-WM Mean T2 value of white matter (ms) 0.109 0.224
T2-LES Mean T2 value of T2-hyperintense lesions (excluding T1-lesion component) (ms) 0.126 0.161
T2-BH Mean T2 value of T1-lesions (ms) 0.294 < 0.001