A comparative study of brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with post-traumatic anosmia

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-412

  Atighechi, Saeid ^a   Salari, Hadi ^a   Baradarantar, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Jafari, Rozita ^b   Karimi, Ghasem ^b   Mirjali, Mehdi ^c  

^a Shahid Sadughi Hospital   (Iran)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Yazd School of Medicine   (Iran)

Author keywords

99mtc ethyl cysteinate dimer; Anosmia; Frontal lobe; Head injury; MRI; Olfactory bulb; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTTRAUMATIC ANOSMIA; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY BULB; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMELL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349239235     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3345     Document Type: Article

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