Diffusion MRI in the early diagnosis of malignant glioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-225

  Baehring, Joachim M ^a   Bi, Wenya Linda ^b   Bannykh, Serguei ^b   Piepmeier, Joseph M ^a   Fulbright, Robert K ^b  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion weighted MRI; DWI; Glioblastoma; Malignant glioma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROSURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947240311     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9273-3     Document Type: Article

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