Evidence That MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging (Tractography) Predicts the Natural History of Regional Progression in Patients Irradiated Conformally for Primary Brain Tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1553-1562

  Krishnan, Anitha Priya ^a   Asher, Isaac M ^b   Davis, Delphine ^b   Okunieff, Paul ^b   O'Dell, Walter G ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Diffusion tensor imaging; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Tractography; Treatment margins

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FIBER OPTICS; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TUMORS; WATER TREATMENT;

BRAIN LESIONS; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN TUMORS; CANCER CELLS; DATA-SETS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FUTURE WORK; GENERAL ELECTRIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MR-DIFFUSION; NATURAL HISTORY; PATIENT DATASETS; PROSPECTI VE STUDY; SOFTWARE LIBRARIES; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TRACTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT MARGINS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT VOLUMES; TUMOR PROGRESSIONS; TUMOR SITE; WATER DIFFUSION;

TENSORS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ASTROCYTOMA; BODY WATER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL MOVEMENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEURONAVIGATION; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 47149088788     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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