Increase in apparent diffusion coefficient in normal appearing white matter following human traumatic brain injury correlates with injury severity

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 645-654

  Goetz, Pablo ^a   Blamire, Andrew ^a   Rajagopalan, Bheeshma ^a   Cadoux Hudson, Tom ^b   Young, Duncan ^a   Styles, Peter ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffuse axonal injury; Diffusion weighted imaging; T1 relaxation; T2 relaxation; Traumatic brain injury; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 3042852742     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/0897715041269731     Document Type: Article

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