Automated and visual scoring methods of cerebral white matter hyperintensities: Relation with age and cognitive function

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Tiehuis, A M ^a   Vincken, K L ^b   Mali, W P T M ^a   Kappelle, L J ^c   Anbeek, P ^b   Algra, A ^a,c   Biessels, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated and visual scoring methods; Cognition; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39549087649     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111500     Document Type: Article

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