Neuroimaging of tuberous sclerosis: Spectrum of pathologic findings and frontiers in imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kalantari, Babak N ^a   Salamon, Noriko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Fusion imaging; Magnetoencephalography; MRI; Pediatric radiology; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL TRYPTOPHAN C 11; CONTRAST MEDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RAPAMYCIN;

ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 43649098371     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2928     Document Type: Review

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