J Clin Neurol.  2015 Apr;11(2):200-201. 10.3988/jcn.2015.11.2.200.

Utility of Oblique Coronal Images in Elderly and Cognitively Impaired Patients

• Park YH
• Jang JW
• Park SY
• Wang MJ
• Kim JH
• Kim S

• KMID: 2242668
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2015.11.2.200

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

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Humans

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Medial temporal atrophy (MTA) on oblique coronal T1-weighted images. Examples of oblique coronal T1-weighted images demonstrating MTA from grade 0 (no MTA) to 4 (severe MTA). All the examples are from the left hemisphere, as shown in the white box.

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