Cerebral blood flow in patients with diffuse axonal injury - Examination of the easy Z-score imaging system utility

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 540-547

  Okamoto, T ^a,b   Hashimoto, K ^a   Aoki, S ^b   Ohashi, M ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Diffuse axonal injury; Easy Z score imaging system; Rehabilitation; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 34247128194     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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