Glioblastoma multiforme with atypical diffusion-weighted MR findings

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 935, 2005, Pages 989-992

  Hakyemez, B ^a,b   Erdogan, C ^a   Yildirim, N ^a   Parlak, M ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bursa State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 28044454142     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/12830378     Document Type: Article

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