Studies on the time course of apparent diffusion coefficient and signal intensities on T2- and diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in acute cerebral ischemic stroke

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 162-170

  Srivastava, Ajai K ^a   Mehrotra, Gopesh ^a   Bhargava, Satish K ^a   Agarwal, Sunil ^a   Tripathi, Rajendra P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; B value; DWI; FLAIR; Ischemic stroke; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649218730     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.44479     Document Type: Article

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