Single-photon emission CT in the evaluation of recurrent brain tumor in patients treated with gamma knife radiosurgery or conventional radiation therapy

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1681-1686

  Kline, J L ^a   Noto, R B ^a   Glantz, M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, computed tomography; Radiation, gamma knife; Radiation, necrosis; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM CHLORIDE TL 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT CANCER; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029950296     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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