Comparing white matter lesions on T2 and FLAIR MRI in the Sydney Older Persons Study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 399-402

  Piguet, Olivier ^a,b,e   Ridley, L J ^c   Grayson, D A ^a   Bennett, H P ^b   Creasey, H ^a   Lye, T C ^a   Broe, G Anthony ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144422456     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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