Diffusion tensor imaging of midline posterior fossa malformations

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 510-517

  Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Blaser, Susan ^a   Raybaud, Charles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Malformations; MR; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SYNDROME;

EID: 33646734855     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0146-x     Document Type: Article

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