Diffusion Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-125

  Gasparetto, Emerson L ^a,b   Rueda Lopes, Fernanda C ^a,b   Domingues, Roberto C ^a,c   Domingues, Romeu C ^a,c  

^a CDPI Clinica de Diagnostico por Imagem Centro Medico Barra Shopping   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diffusion imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGEAL CYST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953299708     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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