Histopathologic analysis of foci of signal loss on gradient-echo T2*- weighted MR images in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: Evidence of microangiopathy-related microbleeds

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 637-642

  Fazekas, Franz ^a   Kleinert, Reinhold ^a   Roob, Gudrun ^a   Kleinert, Gertrude ^a   Kapeller, Peter ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^a   Hartung, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; HYALIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033364292     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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