Tumefactive demyelinating lesions by combined perfusion-weighted and diffusion weighted imaging

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 343-346

  Tsui, E Y K ^a   Leung, W H ^a   Chan, J H ^a   Cheung, Y K ^a   Ng, S H ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Perfusion; Tumefactive

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION;

SCLEROSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0346634886     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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