Modern Head Ultrasound: Normal Anatomy, Variants, and Pitfalls That May Simulate Disease

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-512

  North, Kay ^a   Lowe, Lisa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brain; Head; Neonatal; Normal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CHOROID PLEXUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77249123401     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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