Preserved structural integrity of white matter adjacent to low-grade tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-320

  Nilsson, Daniel ^a,b   Rutka, James T ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a   Raybaud, Charles R ^a   Widjaja, Elysa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Diffusion tensor imaging; MR; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39049151215     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0466-7     Document Type: Article

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