Magnetic resonance imaging spectrum of medulloblastoma

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-396

  Fruehwald Pallamar, Julia ^a   Puchner, Stefan B ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^b   Garre, Maria L ^b   Cama, Armando ^b   Koelblinger, Claus ^a   Osborn, Anne G ^c   Thurnher, Majda M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Medulloblastoma; Medulloblastoma variants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959957529     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0829-8     Document Type: Article

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