Optimal diffusion-weighted imaging protocol for lesion detection in transient global amnesia

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1324-1328

  Weon, Y C ^a   Kim, Jae Hyoung ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Kim, S Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; THICKNESS; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

AGED; AMNESIA, TRANSIENT GLOBAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 49749125594     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1105     Document Type: Article

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