Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Chronic Right Cerebral Hemisphere Infarctions

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-331

  Jason, Eeva ^a,c   Dastidar, Prasun ^a   Kalliokoski, Antti ^a   Luukkaala, Tiina ^a   Soimakallio, Seppo ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic ischemic stroke; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hemorrhagic transformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE PATIENT; THALAMUS;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 80053594034     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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