Diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the brain in children: Findings in the normal brain and in the brain with white matter diseases

Radiology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 410-418

  Engelbrecht, Volkher ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Rassek, Margarethe ^a   Witsack, Hans J ^a   Mödder, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain, diseases; Brain, white mattter; Magnetic resonance (MR), diffusion study; Myelin

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0036153883     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2222010492     Document Type: Article

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