Effect of ionizing radiation on the human brain: White matter and gray matter T1 in pediatric brain tumor patients treated with conformal radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-91

  Steen, R Grant ^a,b   Koury B s, Matthew ^a   Granja, C Isabel ^a   Xiong, Xioping ^a   Wu, Shengjie ^a   Glass, John O ^a   Mulhern, Raymond K ^a   Kun, Larry E ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Dose related changes; Radiotherapy; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RELAXATION TIME; TIME; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035160364     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01351-1     Document Type: Article

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