Multicentric/multifocal cerebral lesions: Can fluid-attenuated inversion recovery aid the differentiation between glioma and metastases?

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-139

  Stuckey, S L ^a,c   Wijedeera, R ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastasis; FLAIR; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Glioblastoma multiforme; Glioma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149092503     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.01931.x     Document Type: Article

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