Diffusion MR imaging in central nervous system

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-53

  de Carvalho Rangel, Claudio ^a,b,c   Hygino Cruz, L Celso ^a,b,d,e   Takayassu, Tatiana Chinem ^a   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^a,d,e   Domingues, Romeu Cortes ^a,d  

^a Section of Pediatric Radiology   (Brazil)

^b Rua Capitão Salomão ^*  (Brazil)

^c Central Hospital of Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^d Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADC map; Central nervous system; Diffusion tensor; Diffusion weighted imaging; Tractography

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMOFUR; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; COCAINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAMORPHINE; FLUOROURACIL; WATER;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; GAZE PARALYSIS; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HEAD INJURY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 78649722177     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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