The comparison of the value of ct imaging and selected MRI sequences (including DWI) in the evaluation of axonal injuries

Polish Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-17

  Paszkowska, Emilia ^a   Wasilewski, Grzegorz ^a   Szalcunas Olsztyn, Anna ^a   Jancewicz, Patryk ^a   Stefanowicz, Elzbieta ^a  

^a Provincial Specialist Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

DAI diffuse axonal injury; MR DWI diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77950634600     PISSN: 1733134X     EISSN: 18990967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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