Prediction of motor function by diffusion tensor tractography in patients with basal ganglion haemorrhage

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-314

  Zeng, Jingsong ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Xu, Junfa ^a   Tong, Wusong ^a   Guo, Yijun ^a   Yang, Wenjin ^a   Li, Gaoyi ^a   He, Bin ^a  

^a People's Hospital of Pudong New Area   (China)

Author keywords

Basal ganglion haemorrhage; Diffusion tensor tractography; Pyramidal tract; Upper extremity motricity index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; PATIENT CODING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; UPPER EXTREMITY MOTRICITY INDEX SCORE;

EID: 79956344782     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.22083     Document Type: Article

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