Improving detection of ischemic lesions at 3 Tesla with optimized diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-51

  Ract, Isabelle ^a   Ferré, Jean Christophe ^a   Ronzière, Thomas ^a   Leray, Emmanuelle ^b   Carsin Nicol, Béatrice ^a   Gauvrit, Jean Yves ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; DWI; MRI; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897654208     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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