Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of intracranial epidermoid tumours

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-19

  Laing, Andrew D P ^a   Mitchell, Peter J ^a   Wallace, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Diffusion weighted imaging; Epidermoid; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDERMOID CYST; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032894462     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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