Analysis of central nervous system vasculitis with diffusion-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient mapping of the normal-appearing brain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 933-937

  White, Matthew L ^a,d   Hadley, W L ^b   Zhang, Y ^a   Dogar, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALAMUS; VASCULITIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WATER;

EID: 34248676842     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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