3.0T MR investigation of CLIPPERS: Role of susceptibility weighted and perfusion weighted imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1640-1642

  Pesaresi, Ilaria ^a   Sabato, Mario ^b   Desideri, Ilaria ^b   Puglioli, Michele ^a   Moretti, Policarpo ^a   Cosottini, Mirco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3.0 tesla; CLIPPERS; Inflammatory diseases; MR imaging; Perfusion weighted imaging; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC INFLAMMATION WITH PERIVASCULAR PONTINE ENHANCEMENT RESPONSIVE TO STEROID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRON STORAGE; MALE; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STEROID THERAPY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; PONS; STEROIDS;

EID: 84885073171     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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