Normal and Abnormal Development of the Cerebellum and Brainstem as Depicted by Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-554

  Chokshi, Falgun H ^a   Poretti, Andrea ^a,b   Meoded, Avner ^a   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; INFERIOR PONTINE SEGMENTATION ABNORMALITY; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PHAKOMATOSIS; PONTINE TEGMENTAL CAP DYSPLASIA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SKULL MALFORMATION; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; TECTO CEREBELLAR DYSRAPHISM WITH OCCIPITAL MENINGO ENCEPHALOCELE; TRACTOGRAPHY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 81855175414     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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