Quantitative assessment of water diffusion changes in brains of children with neurofibromatosis type I using apparent diffusion coefficient

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 839-843

  Mizukoshi, Waka ^a   Kozawa, E ^a   Kuramochi, A ^b   Uchino, A ^a   Kimura, F ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 59349115574     PISSN: 11209976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/197140090802100615     Document Type: Article

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