Diffusion-weighted imaging with calculated apparent diffusion coefficient of enhancing extra-axial masses

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-347

  Dorenbeck, U ^a,b,c   Grunwald, I Q ^b   Schlaier, J ^a   Feuerbach, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; RELIABILITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 25844491620     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228405279991     Document Type: Article

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