Serial diffusion tensor imaging to characterize radiation-induced changes in normal-appearing white matter following radiotherapy in patients with adult low-grade gliomas

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 140-150

  Haris, Mohammad ^a   Kumar, Shaleen ^a   Raj, Mani Karthick ^a   Das, Koilpillai Joseph Maria ^a   Sapru, Shantanu ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Rathore, Ram Kishore Singh ^b   Narayana, Ponnada A ^c   Gupta, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal demyelination; Blood brain barrier; Normal appearing white matter; Permeability; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 43249105717     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0209-4     Document Type: Article

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