A ring-enhancing metastasis with central high signal on diffusion-weighted imaging and low apparent diffusion coefficients

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 824-827

  Holtas S ^a   Geijer, B ^a   Stromblad L G ^a   Maly Sundgren, P ^a   Burtscher, I M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abscess, brain; Diffusion weighted; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tumour, brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033675714     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000431     Document Type: Article

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