Diffuse axonal injury associated with chronic traumatic brain injury: Evidence from T2*-weighted Gradient-echo imaging at 3 T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1049-1056

  Scheid, Rainer ^a,b   Preul, Cristoph ^b   Gruber, Oliver ^b,c   Wiggins, Christopher ^b,d   Von Cramon, D Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038714348     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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