Structural MR imaging studies of the brain in children: Issues and opportunities

Neuroembryology and Aging

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 6-13

  Wilke, Marko ^a   Holland, Scott K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data acquisition; Head coil size; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging studies in children; Pediatric imaging; Reference data

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 50049103785     PISSN: 16613406     EISSN: 16613414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116727     Document Type: Review

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