MR Diffusion Imaging in Ischemic Stroke

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-377

  Fung, Steve H ^a   Roccatagliata, Luca ^b   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^c   Schaefer, Pamela W ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Diffusion kurtosis imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANISOTROPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 79957834468     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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