Thin-section diffusion-weighted imaging of the infratentorium in patients with acute cerebral ischemia without apparent lesion on conventional diffusion-weighted imaging

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 108-113

  Sorimachi, Takatoshi ^a,c   Ito, Yasushi ^b   Morita, Kenichi ^a   Fujii, Yukihiko ^b  

^a Nishiogi chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem infarction; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 41549137066     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.108     Document Type: Article

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