Rising signal intensity observed in extra-axial brain tumours-a potential pitfall in perfusion MR imaging

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 526-530

  Lim, C C T ^a   Roberts, T P L ^b   Sitoh, Y Y ^a   Hui, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Echoplanar imaging; Hemangiopericytoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2442423796     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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