Imaging of central nervous system tumors in children: Advances and limitations

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1128-1135

  Vézina, Louis Gilbert ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric neuroradiology

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 53549089570     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808320753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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