Role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in diffuse axonal injury

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 733-740

  Ezaki, Y ^a,b   Tsutsumi, K ^a   Morikawa, M ^a   Nagata, I ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sasebo Shiritsu Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Diffusion weighted imaging; Head injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY (DAI); DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI); FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY (FLAIR); HEAD INJURIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33748492948     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850600771486     Document Type: Article

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