Clinical application of diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in a child with holoprosencephaly;Aplicación clínica de las imágenes de resonancia magnética potenciadas en difusión y tractografía en un niño con holoprosencefalia

Biomedica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-167

  Ortiz, Blair ^a   Herrera, Diego A ^a,b   Vargas, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b CEDIMED   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Failure to thrive; Holoprosencephaly; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856150754     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v31i2.311     Document Type: Article

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