Craniosynostosis: Imaging review and primer on computed tomography

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 728-742

  Badve, Chaitra A ^a,b   Mallikarjunappa, M K ^a   Iyer, Ramesh S ^a   Ishak, Gisele E ^a   Khanna, Paritosh C ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D CT; Children; Craniosynostosis; Cranium; CT; Suture fusion

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; BONE DYSPLASIA; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CROUZON SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROECTODERM; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNATHIA; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878544418     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2673-6     Document Type: Review

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