Computer-aided detection of therapy-induced leukoencephalopathy in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients treated with intravenous high-dose methotrexate

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-791

  Glass, John O ^a   Reddick, Wilburn E ^a,b,c   Li, Chin Shang ^a   Laningham, Fred H ^a   Helton, Kathleen J ^a   Pui, Ching Hon ^a,d  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Computer aided detection; Neurotoxicity; Segmentation; White matter

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 33745660560     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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