7 Tesla MRI of microbleeds and white matter lesions as seen in vascular dementia

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 782-791

  Theysohn, Jens M ^a,b   Kraff, Oliver ^a,b   Maderwald, Stefan ^a,b   Barth, Markus ^a,c   Ladd, Susanne C ^a,b   Forsting, Michael ^a,b   Ladd, Mark E ^a,b   Gizewski, Elke R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebrovascular disorders; Diagnostic imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Patients

Indexed keywords

7 TESLA MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL MICROBLEED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953234853     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22513     Document Type: Article

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