Value of conventional, and diffusion- and perfusion weighted MRI in the management of patients with unclear cerebral pathology, admitted to the intensive care unit

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 674-680

  Sundgren, P C ^a,c   Reinstrup, P ^a   Romner, B ^a   Holtas S ^a,b   Maly, P ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion weighted studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036939528     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0777-z     Document Type: Article

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