Primary angiitis of the central nervous system: apparent diffusion coefficient lesion analysis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  White, Matthew L ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted imaging; Primary angiitis

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BRAIN LESIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; LESION ANALYSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 73449102837     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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