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MR Imaging in White Matter Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Imaging, University of Southern California University Hospital, 1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Zee Chi-Shing MD (Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery, Director of Neuroradiology)

  2. S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Suite M-335, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Marcel Maya MD (Clinical and Interventional Neuroradiology, Residency Training Program Director)

  3. Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 North State Street, Room 3740F, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    John L. Go MD (Assistant Professor of Radiology and Otolaryngology)

  4. Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 1200 North State Street, Room 3740B, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Paul E. Kim MD (Assistant Professor of Radiology) & Ilhami Kovanlikaya MD

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  1. Neuroimaging Research Unit Department of Neurology Scientific Institute, University Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy

    Massimo Filippi MD (Director) (Director)

  2. Department of Neurology & Behavioral Sciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Nicola De Stefano MD PhD (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  3. Service de Neuroradiologie Diagnostique et Thérapeutique CHU Bordeaux Pellegrin and Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Affections de la Myéline, Université Victor Segalen, Bourdeaux 2, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    Vincent Dousset MD, PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Maury Hall 227, Annapolis, MD, 21402-5025, USA

    Joseph C. McGowan PhD (Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering) (Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering)

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Chi-Shing, Z., Maya, M., Go, J.L., Kim, P.E., Kovanlikaya, I. (2005). Head Trauma. In: Filippi, M., De Stefano, N., Dousset, V., McGowan, J.C. (eds) MR Imaging in White Matter Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord. Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27644-0_29

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