Usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography in neurological and neurosurgical pediatric diseases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 995-1002

  Spalice, Alberto ^a   Nicita, Francesco ^a   Papetti, Laura ^a   Ursitti, Fabiana ^a   Di Biasi, Claudio ^a   Parisi, Pasquale ^a   Ruggieri, Martino ^b   Iannetti, Paola ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain malformations; Children; DTI FT; Epilepsy; Multiple sclerosis; Neurocutaneous syndromes; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZENCEPHALY; STROKE; TRACTOGRAPHY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77956182023     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1192-0     Document Type: Article

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