Improved image quality and detection of small cerebral infarctions with diffusion-tensor trace imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1327-1333

  Cauley, Keith A ^a   Thangasamy, Senthur ^a   Dundamadappa, Sathish K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Infarction; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL CEREBRAL INFARCTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880951497     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9816     Document Type: Article

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