SWI or T2∗: Which MRI sequence to use in the detection of cerebral microbleeds? The Karolinska Imaging Dementia Study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1089-1095

  Shams, Sara ^a,b   Martola, J ^a,b   Cavallin, L ^a,b   Granberg, T ^a,b   Shams, M ^a,b   Aspelin, P ^a,b   Wahlund, L O ^a,b   Kristoffersen Wiberg, M ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84930974945     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4248     Document Type: Article

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