Can proton MR spectroscopic and perfusion imaging differentiate between neoplastic and nonneoplastic brain lesions in adults?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-372

  Hourani, R ^a,c   Brant, L J ^b   Rizk, T ^d   Weingart, J D ^a   Barker, P B ^a,e   Horská, Alena ^a,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39649098259     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0810     Document Type: Article

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