Motor outcome prediction using diffusion tensor tractography of the corticospinal tract in large middle cerebral artery territory infarct

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-590

  Kim, Eun Hyuk ^a   Lee, Jun ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; corticospinal tract; diffusion tensor imaging; middle cerebral artery; motor function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY TERRITORY INFARCT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; ARM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84882591137     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130880     Document Type: Article

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