DWI findings of periventricular ischemic changes in patients with leukoaraiosis

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-386

  Calli, Cem ^a   Kitis, Omer ^a   Yunten, Nilgun ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Diffusion weighted; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0038462042     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(03)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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