The role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of intracranial cystic mass lesions: a report of 147 lesions

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 246-250

  Reddy, Jaypal Sangala ^a   Mishra, Asht Mangal ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Husain, Mazhar ^b   Gupta, Vikas ^b   Rastogi, Manu ^b   Gupta, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

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

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain abscess; Brain tumor; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747800316     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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