Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pediatric Brain

Download or read book Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pediatric Brain written by G. Salamon and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of MRI sections parallel to the orbito-meatal plane in children from birth to 16 years of age, emphasizing the constancy of the brain stem and primitive brain during brain development from birth onward; the important development of telencephalon characterized by the deepening of sulci and the growth of the cerebral cortex surface; and the different stages of the white matter myelinization. Provides imaging specialists, neurophysiologists, and pediatricians with a means of recognizing brain structures whatever the age of the child and increasing the accuracy of interpreting tomographic brain images obtained in pediatrics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR