The usefulness of DTI for estimating the state of cerebellar peduncles in cerebral infarct

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-305

  Hong, Ji Heon ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebellar peduncle; cerebellum; cerebral infarct; diffusion tensor imaging; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONS; STROKE PATIENT; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 77954731239     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0566     Document Type: Article

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