Diffusion tensor imaging of brain tumours at 3 T: A potential tool for assessing white matter tract invasion?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-462

  Price, S J ^a   Burnet, N G ^a   Donovan, T ^a   Green, H A L ^a   Pena A ^a   Antoun, N M ^a   Pickard, J D ^a   Carpenter, T A ^a   Gillard, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain neoplasms; Diffusion study; Magnetic resonance; Treatment planning; White matter

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037864158     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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