Comparison of the magnetization transfer ratio and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging signal intensity in differentiation of various cystic intracranial mass lesions and its correlation with biological parameters

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-56

  Mishra, Asht M ^a   Reddy, Sangala J ^a   Husain, Mazhar ^b   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Husain, Nuzhat ^b   Prasad, Kashi N ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Brain tumors; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Magnetization transfer ratio; Protein; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745700363     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20621     Document Type: Article

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