Reliability of a new adjustable shunt device without the need for readjustment following 3-Tesla MRI

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-229

  Lüdemann, Wolf ^a   Rosahl, Steffen K ^a   Kaminsky, Jan ^b   Samii, Madjid ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjustable valve; Highfield power magnetic resonance imaging; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 14944359223     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1084-2     Document Type: Article

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