Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements may be more reliable and reproducible than lesion volume on diffusion-weighted images from patients with acute ischaemic stroke-implications for study design

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 617-624

  Rana, Arnab K ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   Armitage, Paul A ^a   Bastin, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN LESION VOLUME; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE;

EID: 0041326449     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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