Blood-brain barrier and blood volume imaging of cerebral glioma using functional CT: A pictorial review

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Leggett, David A C ^a   Miles, Kenneth A ^a   Kelley, Benjamin B ^b  

^a Centre for Functional Imaging   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cerebral blood volume; Cerebral glioma; Functional computed tomography; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HEMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUME;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VOLUME; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032839813     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(99)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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