Imaging of Cerebral Microbleeds

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-175

  Linn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral microbleeds; Cerebral small vessel disease; MRI; T2* weighted sequences

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADASIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS; BRAIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84942552124     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-015-0458-z     Document Type: Review

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