Postoperative changes in the brain: MR imaging findings in patients without neoplasms

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 839-846

  Sato, Noriko ^a,b   Bronen, Richard A ^a   Sze, Gordon ^a   Kawamura, Yasutaka ^a,c   Coughlin, William ^a,d   Putman, Christopher M ^a,e   Spencer, Dennis D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, diseases; Brain, MR; Brain, surgery; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0030862129     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.3.9280269     Document Type: Article

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