Patients with atrial fibrillation and dense spontaneous echo contrast at high risk: a prospective and serial follow-up over 12 months with transesophageal …

P Bernhardt, H Schmidt, C Hammerstingl… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to assess the prognosis of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and
dense spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and to determine the incidence of cerebral …

Diffusion-weighted imaging: basic concepts and application in cerebral stroke and head trauma

TAGM Huisman - European radiology, 2003 - Springer
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain represents a new imaging technique that
extends imaging from depiction of neuroanatomy to the level of function and physiology …

Role of diffusion-weighted echo-planar MR imaging in differentiation of residual or recurrent head and neck tumors and posttreatment changes

AAKA Razek, AY Kandeel, N Soliman… - American journal …, 2007 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this work was to evaluate whether
diffusion-weighted MR imaging can be used in differentiating residual or recurrent head and …

Potential and limitations of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in kidney, prostate, and bladder cancer including pelvic lymph node staging: a critical …

G Giannarini, G Petralia, HC Thoeny - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Diagnosis, staging, and treatment monitoring are still suboptimal for most
genitourinary tumours. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) has …

Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging Sequence in the Detection of Postoperative Recurrent Cholesteatoma1

F Dubrulle, R Souillard, D Chechin, FM Vaneecloo… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To prospectively evaluate a fast spin-echo (SE) diffusion-weighted sequence for
magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of recurrent cholesteatoma in patients who have …

Combined use of T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted 3-T MR imaging for differentiating uterine sarcomas from benign leiomyomas

T Namimoto, Y Yamashita, K Awai, T Nakaura… - European …, 2009 - Springer
The objective of our study was to compare diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) alone and DWI
combined with T2-weighted MRI for the differentiation of uterine sarcomas from benign …

Imaging-guided acute ischemic stroke therapy: from “time is brain” to “physiology is brain”

RG Gonzalez - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The number of potential patients who are actually treated for acute ischemic stroke is
disappointingly low, and effective treatments are making a minor impact on this major public …

Whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

TC Kwee, T Takahara, R Ochiai, K Katahira… - European journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) provides information on the
diffusivity of water molecules in the human body. Technological advances and the …

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy: consensus statement of a working party of the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver

RK Dhiman, VA Saraswat, BK Sharma… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major complication that develops in some form and at
some stage in a majority of patients with liver cirrhosis. Overt HE occurs in approximately 30 …

The syndrome of delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy

D Shprecher, L Mehta - NeuroRehabilitation, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL) is a demyelinating syndrome
characterized by acute onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms days to weeks following …