Quantification of blood flow in brain tumors: Comparison of arterial spin labeling and dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 523-532

  Warmuth, Carsten ^a   Günther, Matthias ^b   Zimmer, Claus ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Advanced MRI Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, diagnosis; Brain, perfusion; Magnetic resonance (MR), perfusion study; Neoplasms, metastases

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIN LABELING; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; SPIN LABELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042844535     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2282020409     Document Type: Article

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