Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of the Brain: Current Utility and Potential Applications

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Robinson, Richard J ^a   Bhuta, Sandeep ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebrovascular disease; Computed Tomography; Developmental Venous Anomalies; Diffuse axonal injury; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Glioblastoma Multiforme; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Minimum Intensity Projection; Multiple Sclerosis; Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation; Pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Subdural Hematoma; Susceptibility Weighted Imaging; Traumatic brain injury; Venous Sinus Thrombosis; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERRITIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

BLOOD; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIDEROSIS; STROKE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053614264     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00516.x     Document Type: Review

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