Diffusion tensor imaging studies on arcuate fasciculus in stroke patients: A review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Arcute fasciculus; Diffusion tensor imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APHASIA; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRACTOGRAPHY; WERNICKE AREA;

EID: 84888109061     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00749     Document Type: Review

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