Role of diffusion tensor imaging in resection of thalamic juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-505

  Moshel, Yaron A ^a   Elliott, Robert E ^a   Monoky, David J ^a   Wisoff, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Diencephalon; Diffusion tensor imaging; Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma; Microsurgery; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; JUVENILE PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SURGICAL APPROACH; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 73349133371     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS09128     Document Type: Article

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