Diffusion-weighted MR imaging: Pediatric clinical applications

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-74

  Sagar, Pallavi ^a   Grant, P Ellen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD CARE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INJURY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STROKE; TUMOR;

BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 33644908240     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2005.11.003     Document Type: Review

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