Diffusion-weighted MRI features of brain abscess and cystic or necrotic brain tumors: Comparison with conventional MRI

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 227-236

  Chang, Shih Chin ^a   Lai, Ping Hong ^a   Chen, Wei Liang ^a   Weng, Hsu Huei ^b   Ho, Jih Tsun ^c   Wang, Jyh Seng ^c   Chang, Chuan Yu ^d   Pan, Huay Ben ^a   Yang, Chien Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Brain tumor; Diffusion; MRI; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

PYOGENIC ABSCESS CAVITIES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLEEDING; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0036319480     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00436-9     Document Type: Article

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