Clinical utility of diffusion tensor imaging for evaluating patients with diffuse axonal injury and cognitive disorders in the chronic stage

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1879-1890

  Sugiyama, Ken ^a   Kondo, Takeo ^a   Oouchida, Yutaka ^a   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a   Higano, Shuichi ^a   Endo, Minoru ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b   Shindo, Keiichiro ^a   Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tohoku Employees' Pension Welfare Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive disorder; Diffuse axonal injury; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449117347     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0839     Document Type: Article

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