Value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in acute cervical cord injury as a predictor of outcome

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 803-808

  Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro ^a   Fujikawa, Akira ^a   Honya, Keita ^a   Tateishi, Hidekatsu ^a   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

MR diffusion perfusion; Spinal cord; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33751119567     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0133-9     Document Type: Article

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