2D time-of-flight MR venography in neonates: Anatomy and pitfalls

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1913-1918

  Widjaja, E ^a   Shroff, M ^a   Blaser, S ^a   Laughlin, S ^a   Raybaud, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DURA MATER; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS VENOSUS; SKULL; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIAL SINUSES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IOHEXOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33749650538     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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