Whole-brain N-acetylaspartate spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging in patients with newly diagnosed gliomas: A preliminary study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2137-2140

  Inglese, M ^a   Brown, S ^a   Johnson, G ^a   Law, M ^a   Knopp, E ^a   Gonen, Oded ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33751225658     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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