Eight-second MRI scan for evaluation of shunted hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1237-1241

  Wait, Scott D ^a,b   Lingo, Ryan ^c   Boop, Frederick A ^a,b,d   Einhaus, Stephanie L ^a,b,c  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiation; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MOTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84865957204     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1769-x     Document Type: Article

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