Correlation of postmortem MRI and CT appearances with neuropathology in brain trauma: A comparison of two methods

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Jones, Nigel R ^a   Blumbergs, Peter C ^b   Brown, Christopher J ^a   McLean, A Jack ^c   Manavis, James ^b   Perrett, Lance V ^a   Sandhu, Avinder ^a   Scott, Grace ^b   Simpson, Donald A ^c  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; CT; Head injury; MRI; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544287558     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90207-7     Document Type: Article

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