Fast FLAIR MRI in childhood white-matter abnormalities

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 355-358

  Demaerel, P ^a   Bosnians, H ^a   Caerts, B ^a   Herpels, V ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a   Verslegers, I ^a   Wilms, G ^a   Baert, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse sequences; White matter diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DUAL ECHO SHORT TAU FAST INVERSION RECOVERY; FAST FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2642647824     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050598     Document Type: Article

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