Quantitative apparent diffusion coefficients and T2 relaxation times in characterizing contrast enhancing brain tumors and regions of peritumoral edema

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 701-708

  Oh, Joonmi ^a,b   Cha, Soonmee ^b   Aiken, Ashley H ^b   Han, Eric T ^c   Crane, Jason C ^a,b   Stainsby, Jeffrey A ^d   Wright, Graham A ^d   Dillon, William P ^b   Nelson, Sarah J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficients; Brain tumors; T2 relaxation times; Tumor related edema; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; T2 RELAXATION TIME; T2 WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20044366017     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20335     Document Type: Article

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