Susceptibility-weighted imaging in patients with pyogenic brain abscesses at 1.5T: Characteristics of the abscess capsule

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 910-914

  Lai, Ping Hong ^a,b   Chang, H C ^c,d   Chuang, T C ^e   Chung, H W ^c   Li, J Y ^a,b   Weng, M J ^a,b   Fu, J H ^a,b   Wang, P C ^a,b   Li, S C ^a,b   Pan, H B ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYOGENIC BRAIN ABSCESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861115521     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2866     Document Type: Article

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