Is Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Superior to Conventional Diagnostic Tools in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy?

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-186

  Wartenberg, Katja E ^a   Patsalides, Athos ^a   Yepes, Manuel S ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Global ischemia; Hypoxic brain injury; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; MR spectroscopy; Prognosis in hypoxic coma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN DEATH; CELL DEATH; CHOLINE; COMA; CREATINE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642294549     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403259514     Document Type: Article

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