Epidermoid of the lateral ventricle: Evaluation with diffusion-weighted and diffusion tensor imaging

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 270-273

  Koot, Radboud W ^a   Jagtap, Anuradha P ^a   Akkerman, Erik M ^a   Den Heeten, Gerard J ^a   Majoie, Charles B L M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Epidermoid; Lateral ventricle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0042385136     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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