Characteristic signal changes in the pontine base on T2- and multishot diffusion-weighted images in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-13

  Adachi, M ^a   Kawanami, T ^b   Ohshima, H ^a   Hosoya, T ^b  

^a Ohshima Clinic   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Diffusion weighted image; MRI; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA 1); Spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD); T2 weighted image; Transverse pontine fiber

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 33644764149     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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