Prediction of recovery from a post-traumatic coma state by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in patients with diffuse axonal injury

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Zheng, Wen B ^a   Liu, G R ^a   Li, L P ^a   Wu, R H ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffuse axonal injury; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic esonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; COMA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847378616     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0187-8     Document Type: Article

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