Combined diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging: A new way for the assessment of hemispheric transient ischemic attack patients

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Tong, Tong ^a   Yao, Zhenwei ^b   Feng, Xiaoyuan ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion weighted imaging; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROC CURVE; STROKE;

EID: 78650174961     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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