Clinical impact of the callosal angle in the diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2678-2683

  Ishii, Kazunari ^a   Kanda, Tomonori ^a   Harada, Aya ^a   Miyamoto, Naokazu ^a   Kawaguchi, Tetsuro ^b   Shimada, Kenichi ^a   Ohkawa, Shingo ^a   Uemura, Takafumi ^a   Yoshikawa, Toshiki ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^a,c  

^a Hyogo Brain and Heart Center   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Callosal angle; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM ANGLE; DEEP WHITE MATTER INTENSITY; EVANS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVENTRICULAR HYPERINTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54049087404     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1044-4     Document Type: Article

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