MR imaging and differentiation of cerebral fat embolism syndrome from diffuse axonal injury: Application of diffusion tensor imaging

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 771-778

  Bodanapally, Uttam K ^a   Shanmuganathan, Kathirkamanathan ^a   Saksobhavivat, Nitima ^a   Sliker, Clint W ^a   Miller, Lisa A ^a   Choi, Andrew Y ^a   Mirvis, Stuart E ^a   Zhuo, Jiachen ^a   Alexander, Melvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral fat embolism syndrome (CFES); Diffuse axonal injury (DAI); Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAN RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMBOLISM, FAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 84879217604     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1166-5     Document Type: Article

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