Detecting traumatic brain lesions in children: CT versus MRI versus susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI)

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 915-927

  Beauchamp, Miriam H ^a,b   Ditchfield, Michael ^c   Babl, Franz E ^d,e   Kean, Michael ^d,e   Catroppa, Cathy ^d,e,f   Yeates, Keith O ^g,h   Anderson, Vicki ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child; CT; MRI; SWI; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79959711174     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1712     Document Type: Article

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