Cranial MRI As a Screening Tool: Findings in 1,772 Military Pilot Applicants

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-161

  Weber, Frank ^a   Knopf, Heinz ^a  

^a German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; Neurology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCREENING TEST; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BRAIN; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

ARACHNOIDEA;

EID: 1642540020     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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