Imaging degeneration of the substantia Nigra in Parkinson disease with inversion-recovery MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Minati, Ludovico ^a   Grisoli, M ^a   Carella, F ^a   De Simone, T ^a   Bruzzone, M G ^a   Savoiardo, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INVERSION RECOVERY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MESENCEPHALON; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 33847188143     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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