Diffusion anisotropy changes in the brains of professional boxers

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2000-2004

  Zhang, L ^a   Heier, L A ^a   Zimmerman, R D ^a   Jordan, B ^b,c   Uluǧ, Aziz M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BURKE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c New York State Athletic Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BOXING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BOXING; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33749682415     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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