Magnetic resonance techniques for the brainstem

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-245

  Alvarez Linera, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 77952874664     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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