Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging: Clinical applications in neuroradiology;Applicazioni cliniche in neuroradiologia delle sequenze pesate in diffusione

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 521-548

  Romano, Andrea ^a,d   Bozzao, Alessandro ^a   Bonamini, Michela ^a   Fasoli, Fabrizio ^b   Ferrante, Michele ^a   Floris, Roberto ^b   Colonnese, Claudio ^c   Fantozzi, Luigi Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain infections; Brain Ischaemia; Brain neoplasms; Diffusion MRI; Multiple Sclerosis; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0742318971     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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