Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of treatment-associated changes in recurrent and residual medulloblastoma: Preliminary observations in three children

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1100-1104

  Schubert, M I ^a   Wilke, M ^b   Muller Weihrich S ^b   Auer, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain brainstem; Chemotherapy; CNS; MR diffusion; Pediatrics; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC); BRAIN/BRAINSTEM; CNS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI);

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL;

EID: 33751551278     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850600990300     Document Type: Article

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