Diffusion tensor imaging for differentiation of recurrent brain tumor and radiation necrosis after radiotherapy-Three case reports

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-110

  Kashimura, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Beppu, Takaaki ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Radiation necrosis; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION NECROSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33845208117     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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