Multivoxel MR spectroscopic imaging - Distinguishing intracranial tumours from non-neoplastic disease

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Nagar, Veena Arpit ^a   Ye, Jieru ^a   Xu, Maosheng ^c   Ng, Wai Hoe ^a   Yeo, Tseng Tsai ^a   Ong, Peck Leong ^a   Lim, C C Tchoyoson ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 34547183312     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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