Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Intracerebral Parenchymal Tuberculosis: Preliminary Findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 882-888

  Batra, Arun ^a   Tripathi, Rajendra P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Neurotuberculosis; Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculomas

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; RESONANCE;

BLOOD VOLUMES; DERIVED DATA; NEUROTUBERCULOSIS; PERFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION PATTERNS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; T2 WEIGHTED; TUBERCULOMA; VASCULAR PERFUSION; WHITE MATTER;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACEREBRAL PARENCHYMAL TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUBERCULOMA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0242416018     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200311000-00009     Document Type: Article

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