Relative decrease in signal intensity of subcortical white matter in spontaneous intracranial hypotension on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 906-910

  Adachi, Michito ^a   Mugikura, S ^b   Shibata, A ^c   Kawaguchi, E ^a   Sato, T ^b   Takahashi, S ^a  

^a Ohshima Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Division of Cancer Control   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65949094610     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1498     Document Type: Article

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