Correlation analysis of quantitative diffusion parameters in ipsilateral cerebral peduncle during wallerian degeneration with motor function outcome after cerebral ischemic stroke

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Liu, Xiang ^a,b   Tian, Wei ^a   Qiu, Xing ^a   Li, Juntao ^b,c   Thomson, Scott ^a   Li, Lilin ^b   Wang, Henry Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANDAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Infarctions; Motor outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 84863775129     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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