Cerebral microbleeds on MR imaging: Comparison between 1.5 and 7T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1043-1049

  Conijn, M M A ^a   Geerlings, M I ^a   Biessels, G J ^a   Takahara, T ^a   Witkamp, T D ^a   Zwanenburg, J J M ^a,b   Luijten, P R ^a,b   Hendrikse, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHEN KAPPA TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959309790     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2450     Document Type: Article

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