Evaluation of a practical visual MRI rating scale of brain white matter hyperintensities for clinicians based on largest lesion size regardless of location

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 797-801

  King, K S ^a   Peshock, R M ^a,b   Warren, M W ^a   Alhilali, L ^c   Hulsey, K ^a   McColl, R ^a   Weiner, M F ^a   Ayers, C ^b   Whittemore, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876714525     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3283     Document Type: Article

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