Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of subdural empyemas in children

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1016-1021

  Wong, Alex M ^b   Zimmerman, Robert A ^a   Simon, Erin M ^a   Pollock, Avrum N ^a   Bilaniuk, Larissa T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT MAP; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIGNAL INTENSITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINUSITIS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2942657793     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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