Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Neonates

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-151

  Rodrigues, Katyucia ^a   Ellen Grant, P ^b,c  

^a Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Hypoxic ischemic; Inborn errors of metabolism; Neonatal imaging; Pediatric neuroradiology; Venous injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 79953311148     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.01.012     Document Type: Review

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