Preliminary experience with the application of gadolinium-DTPA before MR imaging-guided laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy of brain tumors

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 226-229

  Kahn, Thomas ^a   Harth, Thorsten ^a   Bettag, Martin ^b   Schwabe, Birgit ^a   Ulrich, Frank ^c   Schwarzmaier, Hans Joachim ^a   Mödder, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKUM KREFELD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, MR; Gadolinium; Lasers; Lasers, interstitial therapy; MR, guidance

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IRRADIATION; LASER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID;

EID: 0031422033     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070135     Document Type: Article

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