Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging Finding of Discrepant Fractional Anisotropy Between the Frontal and Parietal Lobes After Whole-Brain Irradiation in Childhood Medulloblastoma Survivors: Reflection of Regional White Matter Radiosensitivity?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 846-851

  Qiu, Deqiang ^a   Kwong, Dora L W ^a   Chan, Godfrey C F ^a   Leung, Lucullus H T ^b   Khong, Pek Lan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Children; Cranial irradiation; Diffusion tensor MRI; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DIFFUSION TENSORS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY (FA); MEDULLOBLASTOMA;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PARIETAL LOBE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34548681188     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.041     Document Type: Article

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