Diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in traumatic brain injury: a review of recent literature

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 487-496

  Xiong, Kun lin ^a   Zhu, Yong shan ^a   Zhang, Wei guo ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Traumatic brain injury; White matter

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAPSULA INTERNA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GRAY MATTER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTROSPECTION; MEMORY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; TRACTOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84911806438     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9288-2     Document Type: Article

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