Fiber density index, fractional anisotropy, adc and clinical motor findings in the white matter of patients with glioblastoma

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Romano, Andrea ^a   Fasoli, Fabrizio ^a   Ferrante, Michele ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a   Fantozzi, Luigi Maria ^a   Bozzao, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Glioblastoma multiforme

Indexed keywords

GADOTERIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PARESIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 39049119285     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0740-9     Document Type: Article

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