Diffusion tensor imaging of tract involvement in children with pontine tumors

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 786-793

  Helton, Kathleen J ^a   Phillips, N S ^a   Khan, R B ^a   Boop, F A ^b,c   Sanford, R A ^b,c   Zou, P ^a   Li, C S ^a   Langston, J W ^a   Ogg, R J ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; APPARATUS; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NEUROIMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748034071     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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