Actinomycotic brain infection: Registered diffusion, perfusion MR imaging and MR spectroscopy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 346-350

  Wang, Sumei ^a   Wolf, Ronald L ^a   Woo, John H ^a   Wang, Jiongjion ^a   O'Rourke, Donald M ^a   Roy, Subhojit ^a   Melhem, Elias R ^a   Poptani, Harish ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; MRI ADC; MRI CBF; MRI FA; MRS CSI

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SUCCINIC ACID;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER RECTUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FATIGUE; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE LEVEL;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; BRAIN DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646691794     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0067-2     Document Type: Article

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