Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging: A useful additional sequence in paediatric imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 472-480

  Laffan, Eoghan E ^a   O'Connor, Rachel ^a   Ryan, Stephanie P ^a   Donoghue, Veronica B ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; MRI; Whole body MR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BRAIN REGION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HIP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METASTASIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SPINE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2942700452     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1184-x     Document Type: Article

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