Early experiences with diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance tractography in stroke patients

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-203

  Parmar, Hermant ^a   Golay, X ^a   Lee, K E ^a   Hui, F ^a   Sitoh, Y Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Echo planar imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance tractography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRACTOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644920662     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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