Role of diffusion tensor imaging in a patient with spontaneous intracerebral hematoma treated by stereotactic evacuation

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Hsieh, Cheng Ta ^a   Chen, Cheng Yu ^a   Chiang, Yung Hsiao ^a   Chang, Chin Hong ^b   Chang, Cheng Fu ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Hematoma; Stereotactic aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GAIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; SLURRED SPEECH; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VOMITING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45449088687     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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