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High-Resolution MRI for Evaluation of Ventriculostomy Tubes: Assessment of Positioning and Proximal Patency

A.M. Blitz, P.P. Huynh, L.W Bonham, S.K. Gujar, D.E. Sorte, A. Moghekar, M.G. Luciano and D. Rigamonti
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2020, 41 (1) 57-63; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6320
A.M. Blitz
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.M.B.), University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University
bDepartments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (A.M.B., P.P.H., L.W.B., S.E.G.)
dNeurosurgery (A.M.B., M.G.L., D.R.), Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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P.P. Huynh
bDepartments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (A.M.B., P.P.H., L.W.B., S.E.G.)
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L.W Bonham
bDepartments of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (A.M.B., P.P.H., L.W.B., S.E.G.)
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S.K. Gujar
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D.E. Sorte
eDepartment of Radiology (D.E.S.), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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A. Moghekar
cNeurology (A.M.)
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M.G. Luciano
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D. Rigamonti
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