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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)
Creatine quantification
Analysis method LCModel analysis with an external reference
method and partial tissue volume fraction
correction
Analysis software LCModel and in-house software written in
Matlab
Output measure
(e.g. count or volume [ml])
µmol/g tissue in an institutional unit
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