Limitations of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of postoperative infections

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-582

  Farrell, Christopher J ^a   Hoh, Brian L ^b   Pisculli, Mary L ^a   Henson, John W ^a   Barker II, Fred G ^a   Curry Jr , William T ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Craniotomy; Diffusion weighted imaging; Infection; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 42449133019     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000311349.25281.BD     Document Type: Article

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