3 Tesla is twice as sensitive as 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of diffuse axonal injury in traumatic brain injury patients

Functional Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Giacomo, Luccichenti ^a   Elisabetta, Giugni ^a   Patrice, Péran ^a   Andrea, Cherubini ^a   Carmen, Barba ^a   Umberto, Bivona ^a   Rita, Formisano ^a   Umberto, Sabatini ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Gradient echo sequences; High field magnetic resonance; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957679309     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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