Comparison of optimized and standard diffusion-weighted imaging at 1.5T for the detection of acute lesions in patients with transient ischemic attack

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 363-365

  Bertrand, A ^a   Oppenheim, Catherine ^a   Lamy, C ^a   Rodrigo, S ^a   Naggara, O ^a   Mas, J L ^a   Meder, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39649103898     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0802     Document Type: Article

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