Diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in patients with mild traumatic brain injury and neurocognitive impairment

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-297

  Lo, Calvin ^a   Shifteh, Keivan ^a   Gold, Tamar ^a   Bello, Jacqueline A ^a   Lipton, Michael L ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Diffusion tensor imaging; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TENSORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; COGNITIVE DISABILITY; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; INTERNAL CAPSULES; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; NORMAL CONTROLS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 64749090987     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31817579d1     Document Type: Article

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