Functional cerebral imaging in the evaluation and radiotherapeutic treatment planning of patients with malignant glioma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 663-669

  Pardo, Francisco S ^a   Aronen, Hannu J ^b   Kennedy, David ^b   Moulton, Gregory ^a   Paiva, Ken ^a   Okunieff, Paul ^a   Schmidt, Emmett V ^a   Hochberg, Fred H ^a   Harsh, Griffith R ^a   Fischman, Alan J ^b   Linggood, Rita M ^a   Rosen, Bruce R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood volume; Echo planar MRI; Functional imaging; Functional MRI; Positron emission tomography; Radiation therapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GERMANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0027956247     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(92)90953-F     Document Type: Article

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