Diffuse vascular injury: Convergent-type hemorrhage in the supratentorial white matter on susceptibility-weighted image in cases of severe traumatic brain damage

Neuroradiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-343

  Iwamura, Asami ^a   Taoka, Toshiaki ^a   Fukusumi, Akio ^a   Sakamoto, Masahiko ^a   Miyasaka, Toshiteru ^a   Ochi, Tomoko ^a   Akashi, Toshiaki ^a   Okuchi, Kazuo ^a   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffuse axonal injury; Diffuse vascular injury; Glasgow coma scale; Susceptibility weighted image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862857843     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-011-0892-9     Document Type: Article

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