Reliability study of white matter rating scale for the Dementia and Disability in Thai Elderly Project

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 543-547

  Chawalparit, Orasa ^a   Wonglaksanapimon, Suwimon ^a   Songsaeng, Dittapong ^a   Saenanarong, Vorapun ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dementia vascular; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; THAILAND; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65649142979     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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