Intracranial lesions with high signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images: Differential diagnosis

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-516

  Ginat, Daniel T ^a   Meyers, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MELANIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; MINERAL; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANINS; METHEMOGLOBIN; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEINS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84858136709     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.322105761     Document Type: Article

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