Diffusion-weighted MR imaging in acute spinal cord ischemia

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2076-2078

  Fujikawa, Akira ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro ^b   Takeuchi, Sousuke ^b   Hachiya, Junichi ^b  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Ischemia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EDEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 8344252729     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2284-6     Document Type: Article

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