Diffusion tensor imaging in cerebral tumor diagnosis and therapy

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 315-324

  Field, Aaron S ^a,b   Alexander, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Diffusion; Diffusion MRI; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER THERAPY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11344275461     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-200410000-00004     Document Type: Review

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