Diffusion tensor imaging in patients with acute onset of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: A prospective study of apparent diffusion coefficient, fractional anisotropy values, and eigenvalues in different regions of the brain

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-222

  Hughes, M ^a   Sundgren, P C ^a,b   Fan, X ^a   Foerster, B ^a   Nan, B ^a   Welsh, R C ^a   Williamson, J A ^a   Attwood, J ^a   Maly, P V ^a   Chenevert, T L ^a   McCune, W ^a   Gebarski, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; Brain MR; Diffusion eigenvalues; DTI; FA; NPSLE

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DISEASES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TENSORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC); BRAIN PARENCHYMA; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY (FA); NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (NPSLE);

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947146583     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850601105825     Document Type: Article

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