Clinical applications of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 769-780

  Rollins, Nancy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Tractography

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMATURITY; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34547121693     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0524-z     Document Type: Article

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