Measurement of cytotoxic and interstitial components of cerebral edema in acute hepatic failure by diffusion tensor imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-341

  Rai, Vijan ^a   Nath, Kavindra ^a   Saraswat, Vivek A ^a   Purwar, Ankur ^b   Rathore, Ram K S ^b   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic failure; Cerebral edema; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Spherical isotropy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 49049085856     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21438     Document Type: Article

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