Diffusion tensor imaging of the auditory pathway in sensorineural hearing loss: Changes in radial diffusivity and diffusion anisotropy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 598-603

  Lin, YuChun ^a,b   Wang, JiunJie ^a,b   Wu, CheMing ^a   Wai, YauYau ^a,b   Yu, JenFang ^a   Ng, ShuHang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51449103596     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21464     Document Type: Article

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