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Advanced Diffusion Imaging in The Hippocampus of Rats with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Published on: August 14, 2019
Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain in infants and children
Richard L Robertson1, Charles M Glasier
1Department of Radiology, Main 2, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. Richard.Robertson@childrens.harvard.edu
Abstract:
During the last decade, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has become an important tool in the evaluation of a variety of disorders of the central nervous system in children. DWI relies on variability in the diffusivity of water molecules in the presence of a supplemental diffusion-sensitizing gradient to produce image contrast. Pathologic states alter the diffusion characteristics of brain water in a reproducible fashion. In this review, the DWI appearances of a number of common abnormalities of the brain in infants and children are presented.
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