MR imaging and histologic features of subinsular bright spots on T2- weighted MR images: Virchow-Robin spaces of the extreme capsule and insular cortex

Radiology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 671-677

  Song, Chang June ^a,b   Kim, Jung H ^a   Kier, E Leon ^a   Bronen, Richard A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Chung Nam Natl School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain, anatomy; Brain, MR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0342948719     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.214.3.r00mr17671     Document Type: Article

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