Neuroimaging of pediatric posterior fossa tumors including review of the literature

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-47

  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

brain tumors; children; diffusion tensor imaging; diffusion weighted imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 83755185984     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22722     Document Type: Review

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