Cerebral perivascular spaces visible on magnetic resonance imaging: Development of a qualitative rating scale and its observer reliability

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 224-231

  Potter, Gillian M ^a   Chappell, Francesca M ^a   Morris, Zoe ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Dilated perivascular spaces; Leukoaraiosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Small vessel disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBRAL PERIVASCULAR SPACE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; WHITE MATTER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84926137398     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375153     Document Type: Article

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