CT and MR imaging after placement of the GliaSite radiation therapy system to treat brain tumor: Initial experience

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1211-1217

  Matheus, Maria G ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^a   Ewend, Matthew ^a   Smith, Jeffrey K ^a   Knock, Lester ^a   Cush, Sharon ^a   Morris, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BENZENESULFONATES; BLOOD VOLUME; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4143082490     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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