Hemorrhagic shearing lesions in children and adolescents with posttraumatic diffuse axonal injury: Improved detection and initial results

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 332-339

  Tong, Karen A ^a   Ashwal, Stephen ^a   Holshouser, Barbara A ^a   Shutter, Lori A ^a   Herigault, Gwenael ^b   Haacke, E Mark ^b   Kido, Daniel K ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MRI Inst for Biomedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, hemorrhage; Brain, injuries; Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR) technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0242669163     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2272020176     Document Type: Article

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