Magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of intracranial epidermoid tumors

Critical Reviews in Computed Tomography

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 389-427

  Nguyen, Jeremy B ^a   Ahktar, Naveed ^b   Delgado, Pablo N ^b   Lowe, Lisa H ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion imaging; Intracranial epidermoid tumors; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS;

EID: 11244328244     PISSN: 10408371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408370490903543     Document Type: Review

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