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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mult Scler. 2016 Sep 12;23(7):956–962. doi: 10.1177/1352458516669441
Image analysis methods and outputs
Lesions
Type
(e.g. Gd-enhancing, T2-hyperintense, T1-hypointense)
GSH quantification
Analysis method Internal reference method using simultaneously
acquired creatine signals
Analysis software In-house software written in IDL
Output measure
(e.g. count or volume [ml])
µmol/g tissue
Tissue volumes
Type
(e.g. whole brain, grey matter, white matter, spinal cord)
Analysis method
Analysis software
Output measure
(e.g. absolute tissue volume in ml, tissue volume as a
fraction of intracranial volume, percentage change in tissue
volumes)
Tissue measures (e.g. MTR, DTI, T1-RT, T2-RT, T2*, T2’, 1H-MRS, perfusion, Na)
Type
(e.g. whole brain, grey matter, white matter, spinal cord,
normal-appearing grey matter or white matter)
Analysis method
Analysis software
Output measure
Other MRI measures (e.g. functional MRI)
Type
(e.g. whole brain, grey matter, white matter, spinal cord,
normal-appearing grey matter or white matter)
Analysis method
Analysis software
Output measure