Distinctive MRI features of pediatric medulloblastoma subtypes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 895-903

  Yeom, Kristen W ^a   Mobley, Bret C ^b   Lober, Robert M ^a   Andre, Jalal B ^c   Partap, Sonia ^a   Vogel, Hannes ^d   Barnes, Patrick D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Clinical risk assessment; Medulloblastoma; MRI; Pediatric medulloblastoma diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878225129     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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