High-resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging for the Detection of Diffusion Abnormalities in the Trigeminal Nerves of Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by Neurovascular Compression

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fujiwara, Shunrou ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Wada, Tsukasa ^a   Kudo, Kohsuke ^a   Hirooka, Ryonoshin ^a   Ishigaki, Daiya ^a   Nishikawa, Yasumasa ^a   Ono, Ayumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Mao ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Neurovascular compression; Tractography; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRALATERAL RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIGH RESOLUTION DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROVASCULAR SYNDROME; PARAMETER; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 79953032820     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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