Diffusion tensor imaging and chemical shift imaging assessment of heterogeneity in low grade glioma under temozolomide chemotherapy

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 706-710

  Sijens, P E ^a   Heesters, M A A M ^a   Enting, R H ^a   Van Der Graaf, W T A ^b   Potze, J H ^a   Irwan, R ^a   Meiners, L C ^a   Oudkerk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Diffusion tensor imaging; Glioma; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHOLINE; DACARBAZINE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36849047771     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900701564028     Document Type: Article

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