Comparison of MRI sequences to detect ventriculitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1048-1053

  Fujikawa, Akira ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro ^b   Honya, Keita ^b   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^b  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion weighted imaging; FLAIR imaging; Infectious diseases; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33749020525     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1923     Document Type: Article

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