Quantitative diffusion tensor imaging for evaluation of motor function in patients with brain infarcts

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 315-319

  Liu, X ^a,b   Li, L ^b   Tian, W ^a   Zhao, C ^b   Dogra, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral vascular disease; Neuroimaging; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSKINESIAS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 77951098513     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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