Detecting lesions after traumatic brain injury using susceptibility weighted imaging: A comparison with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and correlation with clinical outcome

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2038-2050

  Spitz, Gershon ^a,b   Maller, Jerome J ^a,c   Ng, Amanda ^a,d   O'Sullivan, Richard ^b   Ferris, Nicholas J ^a   Ponsford, Jennie L ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognition; magnetic resonance imaging; susceptibility weighted imaging; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890520651     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3021     Document Type: Article

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