Apparent diffusion coefficient with higher b-value correlates better with viable cell count quantified from the cavity of brain abscess

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2120-2125

  Tomar, V ^a   Yadav, A ^a   Rathore, R K S ^c   Verma, S ^c   Awasthi, R ^a   Bharadwaj, V ^b   Ojha, B K ^b   Prasad, K N ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455188322     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2674     Document Type: Article

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