TrueFISP of the pediatric pineal gland: Volumetric and microstructural analysis

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-77

  Bumb, J M ^a   Brockmann, M A ^a   Groden, C ^a   Al Zghloul, M ^a   Nolte I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pineal cyst; Pineal gland volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL BODY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEADY STATE; T2 WEIGHTED TURBO SPIN ECHO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHTED SPIN ECHO;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL GLAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857920246     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-011-0110-5     Document Type: Article

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