Can diffusion tensor imaging predict the functional outcome of supra-tentorial stroke?

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Maeda, Takahiro ^a,b   Ishizaki, Ken Ichi ^a   Yura, Shigeki ^a,c  

^a Tomakomai Nisshou Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kitami Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kaiseikai Oonishi Hospital

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Motor function; Pyramidal tract; Stroke; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; PUTAMEN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 15744382237     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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