Biexponential analysis of diffusion-tensor imaging of the brain in patients with cirrhosis before and after liver transplantation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1510-1517

  Chavarria, L ^a,b,c   Alonso, J ^a,b   Garcia Martinez R ^a,c   Aymerich, F X ^a,d   Huerga, E ^a   Jacas, C ^a,b   Vargas, V ^a,b,c   Cordoba, J ^a,b,c   Rovira, Alex ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIEXPONENTIAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN WATER; CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN EDEMA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052876019     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2533     Document Type: Article

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