Science to practice: Forget the diffusion - Do we need T2-weighted MR images to detect early central nervous system injury?

Radiology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-304

  Hackney, David B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 61749102101     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2502081949     Document Type: Article

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